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ùbe ōkpoko

Noun

Ndebe script

 

Meanings

  1. bush-candle tree (Canarium schweinfurthii Engl.). The fruits are cooked by being put in hot water. See also ùbe òsà.

    Noun

Dialect & variants

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Examples

Nne m sara ùbe ōkpoko n'ime mmiri ọkụ.

— My mother cooked bush-candle fruits in hot water.

Ùbe ōkpoko toro n'akụkụ ubi anyị.

— A bush-candle tree grew beside our farm.

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