ndị

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ndi"

Igbo

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ń̩dɪ̙́/

Noun

ndị (singular onye)

  1. people, nation
    ndị Hausa ― Hausa people
  2. those (of), those (who)
    ndị oru ― riverine people, people of the marshes
    ndị ngo ― those 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

Further reading
  • 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
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