ọkpà
Noun6 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
leg, shin (compare ụkwụ)
Nounshuttle
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Isuama, Mbaise, Ngwa, Nsa, Owere, Ụmụahịa
- akpị̀rị̀kpà Isuama
- akpị̀rị̀kpà Mbaise
- àkpị̀rị̀kpà Ngwa
- ọkpà Nsa — same spelling as the Izugbe
- akpị̀rị̀kpà Owere
- ụkwụ Ụmụahịa
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ibeji agu na egwu no agu n’okpa bu ofu
— The leopard's shadow and the dance its body seems to make are one and the same.
Onye kuo/too okpa-aja-naano, ndi mmuo amalu be ya
— When a person raises the four walls of a rectangular or square compound, the spirits know where they live.
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