ụmù nnà
NounNdebe script
Meanings
(patrilineage); sublineage
Noun(= ogbè) ‘village’; a constituent part of a ‘quarter’ which is itself part of a ‘town’ (òbòdò), containing a number of patrileages (ụmù nnà)
Nounhalf-brothers and/or sisters; relatives (viewed collectively); family; extended family
Nounlocalized patrilineage; a fluid term applied narrowly to children of the same father but different mothers and widely to the patrilineal members, real or putative, whom one cannot marry; sometimes loosely applied to all the members of the village-group as opposed to other village-groups; as a 1965 39-40) residence unit, consists of a number of compounds (Uchendu, 1965: 39-40)
Nounin the Onitsha area, a unit of which several make up an ogbè ('village') and which is itself subdivided into ebo
Noun
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ọ bụrụ ọnụ ka eji aba ọgaranya ịmara na onye ara ga kachasị ụmụ nna ya
— If a person can become wealthy through their mouth, then a mad person would be the greatest amongst his kinsmen.
Ebo unù bù gịnī?
— What is your special sublineage?
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