ùfìè
NounNdebe script
Meanings
width; across; crosswise
Nounroyal drums; pair of very large cylindrical slit-gongs, held only by kings, the beating of which arouses the king from slumber and thus defines the beginning of a new day
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- ùfìò
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Osimiri ahụ dị ọkara kilomita n'ụfịe.
— That river is half a kilometre in width.
Bee osisi ahụ n'ụfịe, ọ bụghị n'ogologo.
— Cut that wood crosswise, not lengthwise.
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