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ògbo

Noun
Igbotone-neutral spelling: ogbo

6 varieties

Ndebe script



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Meanings

  1. occasion

    ẸkpẹyẹNoun

  2. sponge; rolled fibre used in sponging the body during bath

    Noun

  3. loofah; creeper whose fibre is used for scouring (Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.)

    Noun

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Afiikpo, Ezaa, Izii, Mkpọọ, Ẹkpẹyẹ, Ụmụahịa

  • ususu Afiikpo
  • ogbo Ezaa
  • ògbo Izii
  • asị̀sà Mkpọọ
  • ògbo Ẹkpẹyẹ — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • sàpo Ụmụahịa

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Gị na ndị ọgbọ gị soro bịa.

— Come with your peers.

Agaghị ejikwa na ịsị ọkụkọ epeka nwere sị na ya na ewu bụ ọgbọ

— You can't say that because a fowl's head is small, that it is same mate with goat

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