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ŋahiba

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Noun

Audio

uncle, mother's brother

  • Yaakubu ni daa nya o ŋahiba Leeban bipuɣiŋga Rechɛl - Jacob saw his uncle Laban's daughter Rachel.
  • Abimilɛk Gidiɔn bia la daa ti chaŋ Shɛkɛm o ŋahinim’ min’ o ma daŋ niriba zaa sani - Abimelek, Gideon's son, went to Shechem to his maternal uncles and all his mother's clansmen.
  • Dagbamba tooi gbaari nir’ piriba bii bee o ŋahiba bia, n-tir’ o dɔɣiripaɣa. - The Dagombas can take a father's sister's child or a mother's brother's child to give to a 'clan-wife' (?).
  • Nabia yino ŋahaba nyɛla nabihi zaa ŋahaba. - The uncle of one prince is the uncle of all the princes.

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Noun

Audio

a natural mark on the skin