nwadiànì
NounNdebe script
Meanings
social name of a child in his mother's family, home, locality, village or birthplace e.g. Each of the children of a woman who hails from Obi's family is known as a nwadiànì among Obi's family and kin. If a child's home town is Nneewi but his mother's birthplace is Nnoobi, that child is a nwadiànì at Nnoobi; if the mother's birthplace is the United States the child when in Nigeria is said to be nwadiànì in the United States
Noun
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ọ bụ nwadiànì n'ala nne ya.
— He is a nwadiani in his mother's land.
Ị bụ nwadiànì n'obodo nne gị?
— Are you a nwadiani in your mother's town?
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