ogbè
Noun7 varieties
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Meanings
whole, head of [orange, coconut etc] (especially of fruits)
Nounlump; piece; loaf; whole (of ball-like objects, e.g. bread, cake, ụkwà, etc.)
Noun'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)
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Achala, Afiikpo, Ezaa, Mbaise, Ngwa, Ọnịcha, Ụmụahịa
- ama Achala
- isi Afiikpo
- ishi Ezaa
- ùfù Ezaa
- ìkè Mbaise
- ìkè Ngwa
- ọnụmara Ngwa
- ogbè Ọnịcha
- ìkè Ụmụahịa
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- ọgbè
Examples
E nwere nnukwu sinima na ogbe m
— There is a big cinema in my neighborhood
Ọ naghị achọ ka ndị ife biri n' ogbe ya.
— At fiest, we thought that he was a foreigner
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