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àbàchà

àbàchà

Wordàbàchà
Definitions

Noun

1.cassava flakes; shredded, boiled, and dried cassava

2.African salad; a food or snack of shredded and boiled cassava mixed with oil and some other condiment

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Abacha na-amasị m.

Abacha na-amasị m.

I like African salad.

Abacha ọ tara sara ya afọ.

Abacha ọ tara sara ya afọ.

The African salad he ate purged his stomach.

Eji azụ amịrị amị gwọ abacha ahụ.

Eji azụ amịrị amị gwọ abacha ahụ.

Roasted fish was used to prepare that African salad.

Nna m anaghị ata abacha yabasi adighị.

Nna m anaghị ata abacha yabasi adighị.

My father doesn't eat African salad that has no onion.

Ọ na-ere abacha.

Ọ na-ere abacha.

She sells African salad.

Onye na-agwọ abacha?

Onye na-agwọ abacha?

Who is preparing African salad?

Abacha na-agụ m.

Abacha na-agụ m.

I am craving African salad.

Nwaanyị ahụ na-ere abacha.

Nwaanyị ahụ na-ere abacha.

That woman sells African salad.

ákpü

akpụ

Wordakpụ
Definitions

Noun

1.cassava

2.cassava plant

3.cassava fufu

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Ndị Igbo na-eji akpụ emepụta ụdị nri dị ichiiche.

Ndị Igbo na-eji akpụ emepụta ụdị nri dị ichiiche.

Igbo people produce different types of food from cassava.

Akpụ ahụ dị mma iji mee abacha.

Akpụ ahụ dị mma iji mee abacha.

That cassava is good for making African salad.

Anyị bụtara akpụ n'ugbo.

Anyị bụtara akpụ n'ugbo.

We harvested cassava in the farm.

Nri obodo anyị bụ akpụ na ofe ụgba.

Nri obodo anyị bụ akpụ na ofe ụgba.

Our community food is cassava fufu and oil bean soup.

Eriri m akpụ na ofe ọkwụrụ.

Eriri m akpụ na ofe ọkwụrụ.

I ate cassava fufu and okra soup.

Ha kọrọ akpụ ọhụrụ n'ugbo ha.

Ha kọrọ akpụ ọhụrụ n'ugbo ha.

They planted new cassava on their farm.

Anyị sụrụ akpụ maka Ista.

Anyị sụrụ akpụ maka Ista.

We pounded cassava fufu for Easter.

Akpụ na ofe onugbu na-atọ ụtọ.

Akpụ na ofe onugbu na-atọ ụtọ.

Cassava fufu and bitterleaf soup are delicious.

Eloro m akpụ.

Eloro m akpụ.

I swallowed cassava fufu.

ńgų

ngụ̀

Wordngụ̀
Definitions

Noun

1.locally made potash by burning the residue from palm fruit head after removing the nuts and letting the residue dry up

2.a watery sauce usually mixed with already prepared 'abacha', often made in some part of Igboland

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E ji ngụ esi agwa.

E ji ngụ esi agwa.

Beans is cooked with ngụ.

Ndị be anyị ji ngụ agbọ ncha.

Ndị be anyị ji ngụ agbọ ncha.

My people use ngụ to make paste.

Ngụ ka akanwụ mma.

Ngụ ka akanwụ mma.

Ngu is better than potash.

Jee zụtara m ngụ.

Jee zụtara m ngụ.

Go and buy me ngu.

Wepụ ngụ ebea.

Wepụ ngụ ebea.

Remove ngụ here.

èbérébé

èberebe

Wordèberebe
Definitions

Noun

1.slice; a slim, broad, cut from a larger portion

2.sliced, broad, cassava broader than African salad (àbàchà), often used as a snack; sliced cassava (snack)

Nominal Modifier

1.something that is cut into slices eg. bread

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Achọrọ m ịta eberebe.

Achọrọ m ịta eberebe.

I want to eat sliced cassava.

Ọ zụtara eberebe achịcha.

Ọ zụtara eberebe achịcha.

She bought sliced bread.

Nne ya na-ere eberebe.

Nne ya na-ere eberebe.

Her mother sells sliced cassava.

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