òkìkè
Noun5 varieties
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Meanings
creation
Nouncreation; (in Nri thought) one of the aspects of Chukwu, manifested in the creation of things visible and invisible and in the laws of nature (-kè create)
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Afiikpo, Ezaa, Izii, Nkanụ, Ọnịcha
- òkìkè Afiikpo
- ife ekèrè èkè Afiikpo · 2 recordings
- òkìkè Ezaa
- iwhe ekìkè Izii
- ivhe ekèrè èkè Nkanụ
- ife ekèlè èkè Ọnịcha
- ife ekèrè èkè Ọnịcha · 2 recordings
- ifẹ ẹkẹ̀lẹ̀ ẹ̀kẹ̀ Ọnịcha
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Examples
Chi na ewete ihe ọ ga-eke na mgbede dewe, ụtụtụ a wụrụ okike
— Chi brings what it will create at dusk, while dawn begins the creation/reveals the act of creation.
Chukwu bụ eze uzu makana okike bụ ife uzu
— The Supreme Spirit is the Supreme Smith, for creation was the first and original act of smithing.
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