unyì
Noun3 varieties
Ndebe script
Voice recording
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Meanings
charcoal; black remnant of a burnt thing
Nouncoal; charcoal; cinder
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Ngwa, Nkanụ, Nsa
- inyì Ngwa
- uyì Nkanụ
- unyì Nsa — same spelling as the Izugbe
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Wepụ unyi niile dị n'ime ite ahụ.
— Remove all the charcoal inside that pot.
O ji unyi detuo akara n'elu mgbidi.
— He used charcoal to draw a mark on the wall.
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