ǹtì
Noun5 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
cheek; side of the face below the eye and above the jaw
Nouncheek
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Ezaa, Ezeagu, Izii, Nsa, Nsụka
- ịshiǹchị̀ Ezaa
- asa Ezaa
- ǹtshì Ezeagu
- asa Izii
- ǹtì Nsa — same spelling as the Izugbe
- nchị Nsụka
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ọ kụrụ ya aka n'ǹtì n'ahịa.
— He slapped him on the cheek at the market.
Ǹtì gị ọ na-egbu gị mgbu?
— Does your cheek hurt you?
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