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òbòdò

òbòdò

Standard Igbo
PoliticsGeography

Noun

1.town

2.country

Example

Obodo anyị buru ibu.

Obodo anyị buru ibu.

Our country is big

Related Terms

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 - 2 found

Pronunciation:

òbòdò

Definitions:

1.country

2.state

3.nation

4.town

Pronunciation:

ụ́mụ̀ńà

Definitions:

1.patrilineage

2.lineage

3.family line

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