ònwe

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Abịrịba, Ezaa, Isuama, Mkpọọ, Ngwa, Nkanụ, Owere, Ụmụahịa

• ▶ònwo Abịrịba
• ▶ònwe Ezaa · 2 recordings
• ▶ònwẹ Isuama
• ▶ọ̀nwẹ Mkpọọ
• ▶ònwe Mkpọọ · 2 recordings
• ▶ogwè Ngwa
• ▶òwe Nkanụ
• ▶ònwe Owere · 2 recordings
• ▶ònwe Ụmụahịa · 2 recordings

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Nwaanyị otule ukwu ga-amakwa ihe o mere onwe ya mgbe ọsọ suru

— A woman with a big butt will remember what she did to herself when the time to run comes.

Onye sị agbara egbula ya, mmadụ egbukwala ya; ya jiri aka ya gbuo onwe ya, Ị pata ozu ya ga-adị ka ebe a patara ewu

— A person who will not let the gods or anyone else kill him, when he finally kills himself, the bringing out of his corpse will be like the bringing out of a goat.