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sí önwü

si ọnwụ

Standard Igbo

Active verb

1.be stubborn

Example

Ndị Gana na-esi ọnwụ ma ha zute ndị Naịjiria na bọọlụụkwụ.

Ndị Gana na-esi ọnwụ ma ha zute ndị Naịjiria na bọọlụụkwụ.

Ghanaians get stubborn when they meet Nigerians in football.

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ńtįíkē

ntị̀ikē

Standard Igbo
Language

variations:

ntị̀ ikē

Noun

1.obstinacy; perverseness; stubbornness

Adjective

1.stubborn, obstinate

Example

Achọghị m onye ntịike ahụ ebe a.

Achọghị m onye ntịike ahụ ebe a.

I do not want that stubborn person here.

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kpöchí ńtì

kpọchi ntì

Standard Igbo

Passive verb

1.be deaf to, stubborn (literally close ears to)

Example

M rue be ya, m ga-akpọchi ntị na ndụmọdu ya niile.

M rue be ya, m ga-akpọchi ntị na ndụmọdu ya niile.

When i get to his house, i will close my ears to all the advise he will give me.

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Ágábá

Agaba

Standard Igbo
Culture

variations:

Agada idu

Proper noun

1.stubborn, reckless masquerade that moves about with an axe or matchet (machete), and a chain or rope round its waist, always ready to fight and destroy things

Example

Mmọnwụ Agaba na-achọkarị okwu.

Mmọnwụ Agaba na-achọkarị okwu.

Agaba masquerade is usually troublesome

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chïǹchį

chịǹchị̀

Standard Igbo
Zoology

Noun

1.a wingless bug that sucks human blood usually found in a furniture made of foam; bedbug;

2.a stubborn or adamant person (figurative); an annoying person

Example

Ahụrụ m chịnchị n'akwa ha.

Ahụrụ m chịnchị n'akwa ha.

I saw bedbug on their bed.

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òchíǹtį

òchiǹtị̀

Standard Igbo
Medicine

Nominal Modifier

1.unable to hear

2.a stubborn person

Noun

1.a deaf person

Example

E nwere ụlọakwụkwọ ndị ochintị n'Enugwu.

E nwere ụlọakwụkwọ ndị ochintị n'Enugwu.

There is a school for the deaf at Enugu.

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ékwēēkwē

ekwēēkwē

Standard Igbo
Language

variations:

ekwē ēkwē

Nominal Modifier

1.not giving in to opposition; intransigent; uncompromising; inflexible

2.stubborn; not easily letting go; doubting

Example

Ekweekwe nwoke ahụ rapụtara ya.

Ekweekwe nwoke ahụ rapụtara ya.

The man's uncompromising nature landed him into trouble.

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