1 found for 'wick' in Igbo
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ǫchàǹjà
ọ̀chàǹjà
Standard Igbo
Technology
Noun
撃差寏献
1.tin kerosene lamp; a small tin oil-lamp with a wick
2.a market in Onitsha
Example
Aha ahịa ahụ bụ ọchanja maka a na-eji ọchanja ere ahịa ebe ahụ, n'abalị, oge gara aga.
Aha ahịa ahụ bụ ọchanja maka a na-eji ọchanja ere ahịa ebe ahụ, n'abalị, oge gara aga.
The name of the market is ochanja because oil lamps were commonly used to light it up, at night, in the past.
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