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ojì

Noun

4 varieties

Ndebe script



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Meanings

  1. flute

    ẸkpẹyẹNoun
  2. iron staff with pieces of metal usually used by native doctors and masquerades. It makes some metallic sounds when hit on the ground; ceremonial staff of dibịà

    Noun
  3. iron bell-staff; ceremonial staff of dibìà

    Noun

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Achala, Mkpọọ, Obosi, Ẹkpẹyẹ

  • ujì Achala
  • ojì Mkpọọ
  • ǹgwù agàlị̀gà Mkpọọ
  • ojì Obosi
  • ojì Ẹkpẹyẹ — same spelling as the Izugbe

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ifeanyị chere anyị ọjị ozugbo anyị ruru be ya.

— Ifeanyi presented kola nut to us immediately we got to his place.

Ada meere m ọjị mgbe m gara be ya.

— Ada hosted me with edibles, when I went to her place.

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