ùbùlù
NounNdebe script
Meanings
young chick
Nounfruit with sweet smell, sucked raw (? from Borassus aethiopum Mart.)
Noun
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Proverb: Akwụkwọ ùbùlù e jìlì ke nnū , nnu nà-àtọ ùbùlù nà-àtọ
— (literally The leaf of ùbùlù has been used in wrapping salt; the salt is tasty, the ùbùlù is tasty.) Used in describing a combination of two good things, e.g. when a very handsome man marries a very beautiful woman
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