ndị

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Igbo

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ndị (singular onye)

  1. people, nation
    ndị HausaHausa people
  2. those (of), those (who)
    ndị oruriverine people, people of the marshes
    ndị ngothose who take bribes
  3. used to form plurals of nouns referring to people
    ndị + ‎mmadụ (person) → ‎ndị mmadụ (people)
  4. forms the names of settlements among the Aro
    ndị + ‎okoro (young man) → ‎Ndịokoro ((name of a village in Abia State))

Synonyms

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Further reading

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  • Michael J. C. Echeruo (2001) “ndï”, in Igbo-English Dictionary: A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Igbo Language with an English-Igbo Index, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria: Longman Nigeria Plc, →ISBN, page 105