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• ndịpeople; plural of person; nation; people, those (plural of onye)
• sù òsùsùmake grunts or sounds like lorry or powered machines, automobiles; leave part of a conversation unspoken, hum and haw asù òsùsù kpaa nkàta màkà nà onye nā-abụ ọ na-èkwu okwū ò na-asù bù onye aghùghò I never like to converse with a person who is in the habit of humming and hawing during a conversation because a person who hums and haws is planning something bad
• ùgò"eagle", a bird valued for its rarity and beauty. Its white feather is a symbol of prestige worn with the red cap of onye ǹzè. (Palmnut Vulture, Gypohierax angolensis, and/or West African River Eagle, Haliaetus vocifer.)
• òkwụkwụpaying Anà m àbịa ịkwụ onye ọ bụnà dịkà ọlụ yā sìlì dị I am coming to pay everyone according to his work Ibì egō adā àdị ọlọ kà òkwụkwụ yā Borrowing money is not usually as difficult as repaying it; jumping
• kpọ afàcall by name; name; call by name; name Kpòọ onye oriì afà Call the thief by name Agà m àkpọ yā afà I shall call him by name Kpòọ yā afà Name him
• onye nwelord; master; mistress; owner Onye nwe ayị The Lord
• onye òràstranger; guest; visitor (= onye ọbìà)
• anwụ anwụneg. noun phrase, as in Onye à bù anwụ anwụ This person never seems to get old, or, This person bears a charmed life
• onye ọbìàstranger; visitor; (often shortened to ọbìà) stranger; guest; visitor (= onye òrà)
• onye oshīsee onye orī
• onye nnapùgaRedeemer (compare onye nzọpùta)