ọkpụ
Noun11 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
silk-cotton tree
ẸkpẹyẹNounlong; lasting; for ever; long-continued; long-standing
Nounancient; long past (time); old (time); archaic
Nominal Modifiertime; age; generation
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Abịrịba, Afiikpo, Ajalị, Anịọcha, Ezaa, Isuama, Izii, Mkpọọ, Ngwa, Owere, Ẹkpẹyẹ
- ochīè Abịrịba
- ichìē Afiikpo
- ọkpụtọ̀rọkpụ̄ Ajalị
- ọkpụ̄ Anịọcha
- ichìē Ezaa
- oshīà Isuama
- oshīẹ̀ Isuama
- ọ̀kpụ̀ Izii
- ọkpụtọ̀lọkpụ̄ Mkpọọ
- ochìè Ngwa
- oshìà Owere
- oshìè Owere
- ọkpụ Ẹkpẹyẹ — same spelling as the Izugbe
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ọkpụ osisi ahụ dị n'akụkụ ụlọ anyị.
— That silk-cotton tree is beside our house.
Ị hụrụ ọkpụ osisi na-eto n'okporo ụzọ?
— Did you see the silk-cotton tree growing by the road?
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