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• ọṅụjoy
• onumouth
• ònùAfrican mahogany (Khaya grandifolia DC and/or K. senegalensis A. Juss.?)
• ọnūmouth; (compare ọnụnụ) edge; togetherness
• ìbàancestral house, typical of Onitsha and corresponding to the òbi of other areas. It is constructed around a rectangular open- air courtyard, one end of which leads to the ùkpò or throne of the household head and the other to the entrance, beyond which is an open meeting-place (ọnụ ìbà). All rooms are within coursed mud walls (Henderson 1972 167); unpounded garri
• kwakọpack up; pack together Ànyị nà-àkwakọ ife ānyị ọnụ We are bringing our belongings together
• idè ọnūsee ọnụ ǹdè
• kpà ọnụbecome, render speechless; be dumbfounded Ife Àda mèlù nébe ànyị jèlù kpàlù m ọnụ What Ada did where we went left me dumbfounded
• nwekọlịtahave in common Ò nwerọ ife ayị nwèkòlìtàlù ọnụ We have nothing in common