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áká íkē

aka ikē

Standard Igbo
Culture

Noun

1.stinginess

2.rigid discipline

3.rigid discipline

4.strictness

5.force; violence enforces rigid discipline in his town

Example

Emeka bụ onye aka ike

Emeka bụ onye aka ike

Emeka is a stingy person

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ákáńtágídé

akantagide

Standard Igbo
Culture

Nominal Modifier

1.stinginess; miserly, niggardly, parsimonious; tight fisted

Example

Ndị mmadụ kpọrọ ya asị n'ihi akantagide ya.

Ndị mmadụ kpọrọ ya asị n'ihi akantagide ya.

People hate him because of his stinginess.

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ṃpįrïḿpį

m̀pị̀rịmpị̀

Standard Igbo
Constructed Term
Slang
Commerce

Noun

1.stinginess; not willing to spend money, give something enough

Example

Nwoke a bụ onye mpịrịmpị.

Nwoke a bụ onye mpịrịmpị.

This man is a stingy person.

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ákáńtáchï

akantachị

Standard Igbo

Noun

1.habitual unwillingness to spend or give; stinginess; miserliness

Example

Nwoke ahụ nwere akantachị.

Nwoke ahụ nwere akantachị.

That man is stingy.

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