Olu
NounNdebe script
Meanings
"people that live by the water", term used to denote those who live by the bank of the River Niger
Noun
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Olu gị na-ada ụda.
— Your voice is loud.
Ọ nà-àlụ ọlū
— He is working
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Same spelling, different tones
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- oluneck
- òluused in
- ọlụwork; task; something difficult, tiring, tiresome (from -lụ 1. work); fault; weakness (of behaviour in human beings) (from -lụ 2. defile); limb of humans or leg of animals, including hip
- ofe ÌgbòIgbo soup; type of soup; in a more restricted sense, the upland people to the east of the Niger (also ndị Ìgbò), contrasted with Olu (also ndị Olū), the riverain Igbo. The people of Onitsha itself do not classify themselves with either Ìgbò or Olu (Henderson 1972 40 - 41, 89 noun); palm oil (= mmanụ akwū)