ugilī
NounNdebe script
Meanings
wild mango tree (Irvingia gabonensis (Aubry-Lecomte ex O'Rorke) Baill.), and its fruit (compare ògbònò) used for soup
Noun
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Ugilī teghete mbù egō abūrọ ulù
— Nine ugilī fruits for one cowry is no gain (i.e. anything too cheap should be suspected of inferiority)
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