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ògbùgbò

Noun
Igbotone-neutral spelling: ogbugbo

6 varieties

Ndebe script

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Meanings

  1. vomiting; foaming

    Noun

  2. intervention; warding off (of need) (-gbò ward off)

    Noun

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Achala, Ajalị, Mbaise, Mkpọọ, Ngwa, Nsa

  • nsepụ̀ta Achala
  • nsefụ̀ta Ajalị
  • òbùbò Mbaise
  • mgbosà Mkpọọ
  • òbùbò Ngwa
  • ògbùgbò Nsa — same spelling as the Izugbe

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ewepụ ogbugbo e gboro ha, Enyinna gaara akụ Ụzọma dukaduka.

— If not that they were separated, Enyinna would have beaten Uzoma black and blue.

Ma ọ bụghị maka ogbugbo Ibe gboro ha n'oge, nnukwu nsogbu gaara adị.

— If not for Ibe's timely intervention, there would have been a very big trouble.

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