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òbòdò

Noun
Igbotone-neutral spelling: obodo

7 varieties

Ndebe script

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Meanings

  1. family, town

    ẸkpẹyẹNoun

  2. town; country. An òbòdò is, in the Onitsha area, usually subdivided into three 'quarters' and named Ezi, Ìfìtè and Ìkeǹgà

    Noun

  3. town

    Noun

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Ezaa, Isuama, Mkpọọ, Nkanụ, Owere, Ẹkpẹyẹ, Ọnịcha

  • òbòdò Ezaa
  • òbòdò Isuama
  • mbà Mkpọọ
  • ànà Nkanụ
  • be Nkanụ
  • òbòdò Owere
  • òbòdò Ẹkpẹyẹ — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • ànị̀ Ọnịcha

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Òbòdò anyị dị n'akụkụ osimiri.

— Our town is by the river.

Ị maara òbòdò ha ebe ha bi?

— Do you know their family/town where they live?

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