6 found for 'maize' in Igbo
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kü ökà
kụ ọkà
Active verb
1.plant maize
Example
Achọrọ m ịkụ ọka taa.
Achọrọ m ịkụ ọka taa.
I want to plant maize today.
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ökà
ọkà
Noun
黍
1.corn; maize
Example
A kọrọ m ọka.
A kọrọ m ọka.
I planted corn.
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ïgbǫökà
ịgbọ̀ọkà
variations:
ịgbọ̀ ọkà
Noun
1.maize/corn pudding; a meal prepared with ground corn and other ingredients, wrapped in special leaves and steamed
Example
Ịgbọọka juru ahịa.
Ịgbọọka juru ahịa.
Maize pudding is all over the market.
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ńrí ökà
nri ọkà
Noun
猿黍
1.food prepared from maize by grinding, sifting, boiling until thick and stiff and sometimes wrapped in leaves for selling
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àgìdí
àgìdi
Noun
1.a semi-solid (jellof-like) food made from maize and wrapped in special leaves
Example
Agidi na-amasị Nneka nke ukwuu.
Agidi na-amasị Nneka nke ukwuu.
Nneka likes agidi so much.
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ǹgáḿkpürüökà
ǹgamkpụrụọkà
Noun
逸姉黍
1.life imprisonment (literally imprisonment of grains of maize; from idea that each year was represented by a single grain of maize)
2.life imprisonment
Example
Gịnị mere eji tụọ Chike ngamkpụrụọka?
Gịnị mere eji tụọ Chike ngamkpụrụọka?
Why was Chike sentenced to life imprisonment?
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