Òbà
NounNdebe script
Meanings
name of a town
Noun(colloq.) palm wine (prob. in origin from town name, since Òbà is a centre for palm and raphia wine)
Noun
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Dobe ji ahụ n' ọba ka ọ ghara ifu.
— Keep that yam in the barn so that it does not get missing.
Anyị ji ọba ṅụọ mmanya ebe anyị gara mmemme taa.
— We used a calabash to drink wine where we went for a party to today.
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