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ụmụ̀

Wordụmụ̀
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Noun

1.children (begotten by someone)

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O nwere ụmụ abụọ.

O nwere ụmụ abụọ.

She has two children.

Ọ chọghị ịmụ ọtụtụ ụmụ.

Ọ chọghị ịmụ ọtụtụ ụmụ.

She doesn't want to give birth to many children.

Ọ zụrụ ụmụ ya niile na mahadum.

Ọ zụrụ ụmụ ya niile na mahadum.

He trained all his children in the university.

Ụmụ ya zụtaara ya ụgbọala.

Ụmụ ya zụtaara ya ụgbọala.

His children bought a car for him.

Ụmụ ha na-eleta ha anya nke ọma.

Ụmụ ha na-eleta ha anya nke ọma.

Their children are taken good care of them.

O nwere ụmụ ole?

O nwere ụmụ ole?

Does he have how many children?

Kedụ ndị bụ ụmụ ya?

Kedụ ndị bụ ụmụ ya?

Which ones are his children?

Kpọọ ụmụ ya.

Kpọọ ụmụ ya.

Call his children.

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ụmụ̀ nna

Wordụmụ̀ nna
Definitions

Noun

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

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Ebo unu bu gịni?

Ebo unu bu gịni?

What is your special sublineage?

Gwa Nna gi na nzukọ ụmụ nna di taa

Gwa Nna gi na nzukọ ụmụ nna di taa

Tell your that the elders are meeting today

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