ùlì
NounNdebe script
Meanings
indigo; plant (Randia malleifera Benth. and Hook.f. and/or R. maculata DC) whose juice, obtained on grinding the fruit, turns black on drying. Used traditionally by women for body designs to enhance their beauty. Also marked on the lower eye-lid of patient attacked by measles, influenza, smallpox, as prevention and/or cure
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Examples
Ùlì na-acha ojii ma ọ kpọọ nkụ.
— Indigo turns black when it dries.
Ụmụagbọghọ na-ete ùlì n'ahụ ha.
— Young women apply indigo to their bodies.
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