nni
NounNdebe script
Meanings
food
Noun
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Nku di na mba n’eghelu mba nni
— The firewood in a land is enough to cook food for all who live there.
Nni bu ndu
— Food is life itself.
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Same spelling, different tones
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- kwọ ọkàgrind corn Ị nà-àkwọ ọkà ị gà-èji me nni ọkà? Are you grinding the corn with which to prepare pap?; grind corn
- rụ ọgwùtreat with medicine; administer medicine; To prove that food or drink presented by the host to his guests have not been poisoned, the host usually tastes every eatable thing presented before his guests. This is called ịrū (nni) ọgwù
- nni ògbàdụagidi (see nni ọkà)
- dị abadababe wide, broad, flat Wètalụ m#nni ǹkè m n’ime afele dī abadaba Bring me my own food in a broad flat plate