8 found for 'village' in Igbo
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önümárá
ọnụmara
Noun
1.village
Example
Ndị ọnụmara anyị ga-eke nri echi.
Ndị ọnụmara anyị ga-eke nri echi.
Our village will share food tomorrow.
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ümų ńná
ụmụ̀ nna
Noun
統
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?
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ìró
ìro
Noun
1.large expanse/space of land in front of the compound;
2.village square
Example
Anọ m n'iro.
Anọ m n'iro.
I am outside.
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ógbè
ogbè
Noun
1.whole, head of [orange, coconut etc] (especially of fruits)
2.village, street
Example
Anyị bi n'ogbe ha.
Anyị bi n'ogbe ha.
We live in their street.
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ǫchïchï ézèchíháchìbèrè
ọ̀chịchị ezèchihachìbèrè
Noun
1.a system of government where leadership is transferred from one generation to another
2.institutional village monarchy
Example
Ndị̣ Ọnịcha na-agbaso usoro ọchịchị ezechihachibere.
Ndị̣ Ọnịcha na-agbaso usoro ọchịchị ezechihachibere.
Onitsha people practice institutional village monarchy.
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ǹchì
ǹchì
Noun
稿
1.grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus)
2.village
Example
Emeka na-azụ nchi.
Emeka na-azụ nchi.
Emeka rears grasscutter.
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ǫchïchïónyékwùóúchèyá
ọ̀chịchịonyekwùouchèya
Noun
1.democratic system of leadership or governance
2.democratic village republic
Example
Ndị Igbo ka enwe mmasị n'ọchịchịonyekwùouchèya.
Ndị Igbo ka enwe mmasị n'ọchịchịonyekwùouchèya.
Igbo people prefer democratic system of governance.
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ǫgüülǫ
ọ̀gụụlọ̀
variations:
ọ̀gụ ụlọ̀
Noun
1.fighting between people of same town or village
2.a fight between members of the same family or kindred
Example
Ihe ha na-alụ bụ ̣ọgụ ụlọ.
Ihe ha na-alụ bụ ̣ọgụ ụlọ.
They are having a family fight.
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