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ụgbà

Noun
Igbotone-neutral spelling: ụgba

6 varieties

Ndebe script

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Meanings

  1. calabash; [see ọbà]

    Noun

  2. bark of plantain, used as string

    Noun

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Ajalị, Anịọcha, Mkpọọ, Ngwa, Nkanụ, Ọnịcha

  • òbèrè Ajalị
  • ọbà Anịọcha
  • ụgbụ̀gbà Mkpọọ
  • èbèlè Ngwa
  • òkukū Nkanụ
  • òbèlè Ọnịcha

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Emenike na-akpọ ụgba nke ọma.

— Emenike somersaults very well.

Anyị tara abịrịka na ụgba ebe ahụ.

— We ate roasted plantain and African oil bean seed there.

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