nri
12 varieties
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Meanings
food; meal
food; any nourishing substance that is eaten or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Achala, Ajalị, Anam, Isuama, Mbaise, Mkpọọ, Ngwa, Nkanụ, Obosi, Owere, Ọka, Ọnịcha
- nlī Achala
- ive ōlīlī Achala
- ihe ōrīrī Ajalị
- ive ōlīlī Anam
- nlī Anam
- ṙi Isuama
- iṙi Mbaise
- ife ōlīlī Mkpọọ
- iṙi Ngwa
- nri Nkanụ — same spelling as the Izugbe
- nni Obosi
- ri Owere
- nni Ọka
- nni Ọnịcha
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Chizụa rifọrọ nri ụ̣tụtụ ya.
— Chizua remained her breakfast.
Nri a dị oyi.
— This food is cold.
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- ǹrifood
- Ǹrìsettlement of Nri, founded by Nri son of Èrì, and its people; (more loosely) people who claim some kind of relationship with Nri
- alòadvice; counsel; suggestion; idea; consultation; advice; counsel; suggestion; idea; spear used by titled men for ceremonies (= ubē ǹzè)
- ùwàthe world, earth, universe; (in Nri philosophy the visible world, contrasted with Mmụō (ancestors), Alūsị (spirits), and Òkìkè (the creator), consisting of igwē nà ànì (the firmament and the earth), and occupied by mmadù (human beings), agū (forests), anụmànù (animals), etc.
- alūsịspirit; divinity; deity; invisible supernatural ‘being-force’, divided by Nri into four types those directly established by Chukwu such as Igwē, the firmament those established by Eri such as Ànì, Ajaànà, Ìfèjiọkū, Onuebo, and the market days Èke, Oyè, Àfò, and Ǹkwọ; those established by the ancestors such as Idemmīli, Udō, Arò, Àkwalị Òmùmù, Ǹgènè, Ògwùgwù, and Òrìmmìlì; those called Agwù. The market-days and the alūsị of the third and fourth types have human temperaments and are represented by nkwu (images). Others are regarded as forces rather than beings and so can be represented only symbolically in shrines (Onwuejeogwu 1974:85 ff.)
- òkìkècreation; creation; (in Nri thought) one of the aspects of Chukwu, manifested in the creation of things visible and invisible and in the laws of nature (-kè create)
- òdìnàànị ǸrìNri culture; (in Nri) the highest ritual-political title in Nri and Oreri
- Chukwuthe supreme god; big God; great God; God (chi 1. + ukwu). In Nri belief, Chukwu has four major manifestations Anyanwū, the sun, which represents Chukwu as everywhere present, all-powerful, and the source of knowledge; Agbàlà, manifested in the fertility of the earth and its creatures; Chi, the ability of living beings to procreate; Òkìkè, the never-ending process of creation (Onwuejeogwu 1974:82)
- mmanwụmasquerade; (at Nri) the highest women’s title, which elderly married women of exemplary character are allowed to take and in which the secret of the ritual mask is revealed (Onwuejeogwu 1974:177)
- àka Ǹrìmale palace dwarf associated with Ezē Ǹrì; dwarf associated with Nri people
- nwa Ǹrìan Nri man who has taken the Ichi title and travels widely through Igbo-land exercising ritual and political authority