òchàǹjà
NounNdebe script
Meanings
a small oil-lamp with cloth wick
Nounthe market in Onitsha formerly called Àlàhàmbrà was named after this, because the lamp was used in the market, which was held in the evening
Nounnow, the name of a motor park (on the same site)
Noun(colloq.) anything inferior or fake
Noun
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Nnu ọchanja na-ata akpụkpa
— Ọchanja salt causes crawcraw
Aha ahịa ahụ bụ ọchanja maka a na-eji ọchanja ere ahịa ebe ahụ, n'abalị, oge gara aga.
— The name of the market is ochanja because oil lamps were commonly used to light it up, at night, in the past.
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