ogbe

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• ógbècolony
• ogbèlump; piece; loaf; whole (of ball-like objects, e.g. bread, cake, ụkwà, etc.); whole, head of [orange, coconut etc] (especially of fruits); 'village', i.e. a residential unit smaller than one of the three 'quarters' (Ezi, Ìfìtè, and Ìkeǹgà) into which a 'town’ (òbòdò) is divided, and larger than a lineage or 'family' (ụmù nnà)
• ògbeone variety of "garden egg" or egg-plant (probably Solanum incanum Linn.); compare àfụfā, the general term for all varieties of Solanum
• ògbèquietly; softly; a small market; gourd used for carrying water
• ọgbe etcsee ogbe, etc.