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àzámà

àzamà

Standard Igbo
BotanyAgricultureFood

Noun

1.African yam bean; stephenosylis stenocarpa

Example

Azama juru ahịa ugbu a.

Azama juru ahịa ugbu a.

Stephenosylis stenocarpa is every where in the market now.

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jí

ji

Standard Igbo
BotanyFood

Noun

1.yam(s)

Example

Ahụghị nwoke na ubi, ayọọ nwanyị ji

Ahụghị nwoke na ubi, ayọọ nwanyị ji

When you see no man in the farm, you'd beg a woman for yam

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ṃkpürų

m̀kpụrụ̀

Standard Igbo

Noun

1.small yam tuber(s) that is/are very tasty

Example

Udoka siri mkpụrụ ji.

Udoka siri mkpụrụ ji.

Udoka cooked small yam tubers.

Word Stem

ákįrïkö

akị̀rịkọ

Standard Igbo
Food

Noun

1.peeling or scraping of roasted yam; food burnt in cooking

2.dry yam plant (external stem which looks like rope and which when twined into a bundle resembles a sponge, sometimes used for hard scrubbing)

Example

Akịrịkọ ji na-atọ ụtọ.

Akịrịkọ ji na-atọ ụtọ.

The bottom burnt part of yam is delicious.

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àbàlà

àbàlà

Standard Igbo
AgricultureBotanyFood

Noun

1.water yam

àbàlà

àbàlà

Standard Igbo
AgricultureBotanyFood

Noun

1.water yam

Example

O nyere m abala.

O nyere m abala.

She gave me water yam.

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ḿkpúrú

mkpūru

Standard Igbo
Culture

Noun

1.yam mound

Example

Ọ kọrọ ji ya na mkpuru na mkpuru.

Ọ kọrọ ji ya na mkpuru na mkpuru.

He cultivated his yam in mounds.

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Word Stem

öbá

ọba

Standard Igbo
Agriculture

Noun

1.place where yams are stacked and stored

2.a store room or base; where some specific thing is stored

Example

Dobe ji ahụ n' ọba ka ọ ghara ifu.

Dobe ji ahụ n' ọba ka ọ ghara ifu.

Keep that yam in the barn so that it does not get missing.

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bèchá

bècha

Standard Igbo
FoodAgricultureTechnology

Active verb

1.peel; yam, orange, or something else

Example

Biko, bechaa oroma ahụ ka anyị rachaa..

Biko, bechaa oroma ahụ ka anyị rachaa..

Please peel that orange let us enjoy.

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àbànà

àbànà

Standard Igbo

Noun

1.water yam (Dioscorea alata Linn.)

Example

Ọ naghị amasị m iri abana.

Ọ naghị amasị m iri abana.

I don't like eating water yam.

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Definitions:

1.yam

Pronunciation:

àbànà

Definitions:

1.water yam [Dioscorea alata Linn.]

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Pronunciation:

öbá

Definitions:

1.store

2.barn

3.building

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