òfe
NounNdebe script
Meanings
free gift (derived from Yoruba òfè)
Noun
Dialect & variants
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- òfe
Examples
E nyere m òfe mgbe m zụrụ akwụkwọ n'ahịa.
— I was given a free gift when I bought a book in the market.
Ị natara òfe ha nyere gị ụnyaahụ?
— Did you receive the free gift they gave you yesterday?
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- ofesoup; sauce; stew; "soup"; sauce; stew; (= aŋàlà, anyàlà) a kind of egg-plant with tiny fruits and edible leaves
- ofèfar side of river or road; excess; above limit; excess (i.e. passing the limits) (from -fè 2. cross)
- ọfesee ofe, etc.
- kpùcovering; lose flavour; be without flavour and go sour (of ògìlì ofe ); become bad Ògìli à kpùlù èkpù This ògìlì is sour; be plentiful (i.e. as common as òkwu in a village)
- aŋàlà(= ofe) egg-plant with tiny fruits and edible leaves (Solanum macrocarpon Linn.) (= àfụfā)
- kpù irufrown; scowl; cover the face; upset; overturn; turn upside down Ì chòlù ikpù ofe iru#? Do you want to overturn the soup?