ụnwụ
Noun3 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
famine; extreme scarcity of food
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Ngwa, Nsa, Ụmụahịa
- ụ̀gànị̀ Ngwa
- ụnwụ Nsa
- ụnwụ Ụmụahịa
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ụnwụ dara n'ala anụmanụ.
— There was famine in the land of the animals.
Ọtụtụ mmadụ nwụrụ n'oge ụnwụ ahụ.
— Many people died during that time of famine
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