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ǹgüògè

ǹgụògè

Standard Igbo
Technology

variations:

ǹgụ ogè

Noun

1.an instrument which serves as a regulator that measures time interval and signals it's end; timer

Example

Onyeisi ụlọakwụkwọ anyị zụtara ngụoge.

Onyeisi ụlọakwụkwọ anyị zụtara ngụoge.

The head of our school bought a timer.

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ųtàrį

ụ̀tàrị̀

Standard Igbo
CultureEducation

Noun

1.cane (instrument of punishment); whip

Example

A pịara anyị ụtarị mgbe anyị bụ ụmụntakịrị.

A pịara anyị ụtarị mgbe anyị bụ ụmụntakịrị.

We were flogged when we were kids.

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ùbö

ùbọ

Standard Igbo

Noun

1.string instrument; guitar

Example

Amara na-akpọ ụbọ nkeọma.

Amara na-akpọ ụbọ nkeọma.

Amara plays the guitar well.

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öshà

ọshà

Standard Igbo

Noun

1.percussion instrument designed like a closed basket with a flat bottom filled with small particles

Example

Ọsha ọ na-ahụ na adaba nke ọma.

Ọsha ọ na-ahụ na adaba nke ọma.

The osha I he is playing is rhyming well.

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kwé ùkwé

kwe ùkwe

Standard Igbo
Performing Arts

Noun

kw施寇施

1.sing, especially without instruments

Example

Biko, kweere m otu ukwe unu kwere ụnyaahụ.

Biko, kweere m otu ukwe unu kwere ụnyaahụ.

Please sing me a song you sang yesterday.

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kwé

kwe

Standard Igbo

Active verb

kw施

1.sing, especially a song without instruments

Example

Ha na-ekwe nke mbụ ahụ.

Ha na-ekwe nke mbụ ahụ.

They are singing that first one.

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ùkwé

ùkwe

Standard Igbo

Noun

1.song, especially without instruments; acapella

Example

Kwee ukwe ka onye dị ndụ!

Kwee ukwe ka onye dị ndụ!

Sing like someone that is alive!

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ǫjà

ọ̀jà

Standard Igbo
Culture

Noun

撃茎

1.short wooden flute, traditional to Igbo musical instruments

Example

Amaghị m etu e si egbu ọja.

Amaghị m etu e si egbu ọja.

I do not know how to play oja.

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ǫküégwú

ọ̀kụegwu

Standard Igbo
Culture

variations:

ọ̀kụ egwu

Noun

1.musician; someone who composes music or plays musical instruments

Example

Dike bụ ọkụegwu.

Dike bụ ọkụegwu.

Dike is a musician.

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ùdù

ùdù

Standard Igbo
Culture

Noun

1.pot; clay pot; a one or two armed pot with a wide mouth, narrow neck and a big protruded spherical body mostly used for storing water

2.Igbo musical instrument, in the form of a clay pot, used to achieve a low end

Example

Buru udu ahụ nke ọma.

Buru udu ahụ nke ọma.

Carry that clay pot well.

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Nsịbịdị - 5 found

Pronunciation:

įtàrį

Definitions:

1.cane

2.whip

3.switch

Pronunciation:

ụ̀bö

Definitions:

1.thumb piano

2.sanza

Pronunciation:

Definitions:

Pronunciation:

ùkwé

Definitions:

1.music

2.song

3.hymn

Pronunciation:

ùdù

Definitions:

1.musical pot

2.pot

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