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ńnà

nnà

Wordnnà
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Noun

1.father

Variationsna
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Nna ya na-ere ahịa.

Nna ya na-ere ahịa.

Her father is a trader.

Ndị uweojii jidere nna ya n'ụzọ.

Ndị uweojii jidere nna ya n'ụzọ.

Police officers arrested his father on the way.

Nwata ahụ na nna ya so eje ọrụ.

Nwata ahụ na nna ya so eje ọrụ.

The child and his father go together to work.

Nna ya alụọla nwaanyị ozo.

Nna ya alụọla nwaanyị ozo.

His father has married another woman.

Ùgòńnà

Ùgònnà

WordÙgònnà
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Name

1.father's honor

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Ọ gụrụ nwa ya Ugonna.

Ọ gụrụ nwa ya Ugonna.

He named his child Ugonna.

Ényíńnáyá

Enyinnaya

WordEnyinnaya
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Name

1.his father's friend

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ögǫ nwókē

ọgọ̀ nwokē

Wordọgọ̀ nwokē
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Noun

1.father-in-law; any male in-law

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A sị na ndị ọgọ ya nwoke na-ezu ohi.

A sị na ndị ọgọ ya nwoke na-ezu ohi.

They said that her brothers-in-law steal.

Ọgọ m nwoke bi n' America zitere anyị ego.

Ọgọ m nwoke bi n' America zitere anyị ego.

My father-in-law that lives in America sent money to us.

Ọgọ m nwoke mara mma.

Ọgọ m nwoke mara mma.

My brother-in-law is handsome.

Ọ na-atụ ọgọ ya nwoke ụjọ.

Ọ na-atụ ọgọ ya nwoke ụjọ.

He is scared of his brother-in-law.

Ọgọ nwoke nwanne m nọ na be m.

Ọgọ nwoke nwanne m nọ na be m.

My brothers brother in-law is in my house.

Íkéńnà

Ikennà

WordIkennà
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Name

果穏

1.father's power or strength or authority

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Ahuru m Ikenna n'ulo.

Ahuru m Ikenna n'ulo.

I saw Ikenna at home.

pàpá

pàpa

Wordpàpa
Definitions

Noun

1.informal word for father (see - nna)

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Papa anyị bụ ezigbo mmadụ

Papa anyị bụ ezigbo mmadụ

Our father is a good man.

Àdáńnà

Àdannà

WordÀdannà
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Name

1.father's (first) daughter.

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Aha nwanne ha nwaanyị bụ Adanna.

Aha nwanne ha nwaanyị bụ Adanna.

Their sister's name is Adanna.

Adanna mara mma.

Adanna mara mma.

Adanna is beautiful.

Àdáńnàyá

Àdannàya

WordÀdannàya
Definitions

Name

1.her father's (first) daughter

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Aha ya bụ Adannaya.

Aha ya bụ Adannaya.

Her name is Adannaya.

Kedụ Adannaya?

Kedụ Adannaya?

Where is Adanna?

Adannaya zuru ụgbọala ọhụụ.

Adannaya zuru ụgbọala ọhụụ.

Adannaya bought a new car.

Onye bụ Adannaya ebe a?

Onye bụ Adannaya ebe a?

Who is Adannaya here?

Adannaya anwụọla.

Adannaya anwụọla.

Adannaya is dead.

Ụmụnwoke anaghị aza Adannaya.

Ụmụnwoke anaghị aza Adannaya.

Men do not bear Àdannàya.

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

ńnàá

nnàa

Wordnnàa
Definitions

Noun

1.dear (male)(informal); pal(male); dude

2.father (old use as a title before a father's name)

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Nnaa, bịa ka anyị gaa ṅụọ mmanya.

Nnaa, bịa ka anyị gaa ṅụọ mmanya.

Dude, come let's go have a drink.

Nnaa Onyekwere bu nna nna m.

Nnaa Onyekwere bu nna nna m.

Onyekwere is my father's father.

Nnaa Onyekwere bu nna nna m.

Nnaa Onyekwere bu nna nna m.

Onyekwere is my father's father.

Nnaa, bịa ka anyị gaa ṅụọ mmanya.

Nnaa, bịa ka anyị gaa ṅụọ mmanya.

Dude, come let's go have a drink.

Nnaa, bịa ka anyị gaa ṅụọ mmanya.

Nnaa, bịa ka anyị gaa ṅụọ mmanya.

Dude, come let's go have a drink.

Nnaa Onyekwere bu nna nna m.

Nnaa Onyekwere bu nna nna m.

Onyekwere is my father's father.

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