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ébó

ebo

Standard Igbo

Noun

1.clan; tribe; kindred; the smallest kinship-cum-residential unit

Example

Ndị si n'ebo dị iche iche bịakọrọ ọnụ maka ya bụ asọmpị.

Ndị si n'ebo dị iche iche bịakọrọ ọnụ maka ya bụ asọmpị.

People from different clans came together for the competition.

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àbüö

àbụọ̄

Standard Igbo
Language

Number

1.two; the number two

2.second

Example

A chọrọ mmadụ abụọ.

A chọrọ mmadụ abụọ.

Two people are needed.

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àgbųrų

àgbụ̀rụ̀

Standard Igbo
Kinship

Noun

1.descent; lineage; ancestry;

2.descendant; tribe

Example

Ọ bụ agbụrụ Ọjadịlị

Ọ bụ agbụrụ Ọjadịlị

He is a descendant of Ọjadịlị

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ümų ńná

ụmụ̀ nna

Standard Igbo

Noun

1.(patrilineage); sublineage

2.(= ogbè) ‘village’; a constituent part of a ‘quarter’ which is itself part of a ‘town’ (òbòdò), containing a number of patrileages (ụmù nnà)

3.half-brothers and/or sisters; relatives (viewed collectively); family; extended family

4.localized 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)

5.in the Onitsha area, a unit of which several make up an ogbè ('village') and which is itself subdivided into ebo

Example

Ebo unu bu gịni?

Ebo unu bu gịni?

What is your special sublineage?

Word Stems

Nsịbịdị - 4 found

Pronunciation:

ébó

Definitions:

1.residential unit

2.lineage

3.section

4.tribe

5.ethnicity

6.ethno

Pronunciation:

àbụ́ö

Definitions:

1.two

2.second [from ‘two rods’]

Pronunciation:

Definitions:

Pronunciation:

ụ́mụ̀ńà

Definitions:

1.patrilineage

2.lineage

3.family line

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