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òkwè

Noun

3 varieties

Ndebe script



Voice recording

play

Meanings

  1. games (board and card)

    Noun
  2. kind of tree (Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill.) Pierre ex Pax), sometimes sacred when grown at shrines, with long stalk and broad leaves, used as livestock food

    Noun
  3. bean which grows in a pod, red, brown or white in colour and used mainly in eating shredded cassave. Òkwè when properly boiled is mashed thoroughly with shredded cassava by hand, with other normal cooking ingredients - pepper, oil and salt - added

    Noun
  4. see òkwè

    Noun

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Achala, Isuama, Owere

  • ọ̀kwè Achala
  • òkwè Isuama · 2 recordings
  • òkwè Owere · 2 recordings

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ha na-atụ okwe n'ime ụlọ.

— They are playing game inside the house.

Anyị ga-atụ okwe ọzọ echi?

— Are we going to play another game tomorrow?

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