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ébó

ebo

Wordebo
Definitions

Noun

1.clan; tribe; kindred; the smallest kinship-cum-residential unit

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Ndị si n'ebo dị iche iche bịakọrọ ọnụ maka ya bụ asọmpị.

Ndị si n'ebo dị iche iche bịakọrọ ọnụ maka ya bụ asọmpị.

People from different clans came together for the competition.

àbüö

àbụọ̄

Wordàbụọ̄
Definitions

Number

1.two; the number two

2.second

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A chọrọ mmadụ abụọ.

A chọrọ mmadụ abụọ.

Two people are needed.

Chika nyere m akpa ya nke abụọ.

Chika nyere m akpa ya nke abụọ.

Chika gave me her second bag.

Ada nwere umunne abụọ.

Ada nwere umunne abụọ.

Ada has two siblings.

Eji m akwụkwọ abụọ bịa.

Eji m akwụkwọ abụọ bịa.

I came with two book.

Biko nye m efere abụọ ebe ahụ.

Biko nye m efere abụọ ebe ahụ.

Please give me two plates there.

O ji abụọ bịa.

O ji abụọ bịa.

He came with two.

O bi n'ụlọ nke abụọ.

O bi n'ụlọ nke abụọ.

He lives in the second house.

Ụmụnwoke abụọ bịara ebe a.

Ụmụnwoke abụọ bịara ebe a.

Two men came here.

Abụọ ezuola.

Abụọ ezuola.

Two is enough.

Ọ bụ nwa nke abụọ.

Ọ bụ nwa nke abụọ.

She is the second child.

E nwere m ụgbọala abụọ.

E nwere m ụgbọala abụọ.

I have two cars.

Nye m mba ji abụọ.

Nye m mba ji abụọ.

Give me two tubers of yam.

àgbųrų

àgbụ̀rụ̀

Wordàgbụ̀rụ̀
Definitions

Noun

1.descent; lineage; ancestry;

2.descendant; tribe

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Ọ bụ agbụrụ Ọjadịlị

Ọ bụ agbụrụ Ọjadịlị

He is a descendant of Ọjadịlị

Kraịst si n'agbụrụ Devid.

Kraịst si n'agbụrụ Devid.

Christ is from the tribe of David.

Ndị isiojii niile dị n'ụwa bụ agbụrụ Afịrịka.

Ndị isiojii niile dị n'ụwa bụ agbụrụ Afịrịka.

All black people in the world are of African descent.

Ohi dị n'agbụrụ ha.

Ohi dị n'agbụrụ ha.

Stealing is in their lineage.

Agbụrụ ha buru ibu.

Agbụrụ ha buru ibu.

Their lineage is big.

Agbụrụ ha na-amụ ejima.

Agbụrụ ha na-amụ ejima.

Her descendants give birth to twins.

Dee, banyere agbụrụ unu.

Dee, banyere agbụrụ unu.

Write about your tribe.

ümų ńná

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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