ọwa
NounNdebe script
Meanings
torch; tinder (often of palm-branch beaten to fibre)
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- ọwala
Examples
Onye na-ekpochi ọwa mmiri?
— Who is covering the gutter?
Ana amara uma adara ochị na ọwa ochị na ebutu mmadụ
— It is in seeing how good laughter is that a person willingly gives in to it; it is not laughter that pushes anyone down or leads them astray.
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