olubulu

Noun

Igbo

Ndebe script



Meanings

kind of lizard, brightly coloured;? Bosc's Monitor (but only about 1' long without tail)
Noun

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Examples

Ahụrụ m olubulu na-acha ka ọkụ n’ubi.
— I saw a brightly coloured olubulu on the farm.

Ị hụla olubulu n’akụkụ osimiri?
— Have you seen an olubulu by the river?

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ǹgwèlèlizard (general term, including olubulu, but especially the common agama lizard (Agama agama Linn.); compare okpodi, which refers only to the male agama)