okwu
Noun3 varieties
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Meanings
speech
Nounword; speech; affair; matter; dispute; quarrel
Nouncover; lid; stopper; cork (from -kwu 2. cover)
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Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Ajalị, Isuama, Nkanụ
- okwu Ajalị — same spelling as the Izugbe
- ụkà Isuama
- ofu Nkanụ
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Examples
Gọọmentị etiti kwuru okwu gbasara ide mere ebe ahụ.
— Central government spoke about the flood that happened there.
Okwu ya gbara ọkpụrụkpụ.
— His speech was substantial.
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Same spelling, different tones
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- òkwuword; speech; talk; matter; dispute; a small house with a steep thatched roof and a single door, used as a sleeping house in mosquito-infested areas and as a storehouse
- òkwùfriend (good or bad sense)
- kwubìend a speech Bikō, kwubìzịa okwu afù Please, end that speech
- okwuchicork; lid; cover; cork; stopper; lid (compare okwu 2.)
- ọkwụ(chi)see okwu(chi)
- kwu okwu azụslander; back-bite Ọ nà-èkwu m okwu āzụ He is talking about me behind my back
- kwu ezi okwu#speak the truth Ọ bù ezi okwu#kà m nà-èkwu I am speaking the truth