From Proto-Igboid *ì-mé-tĩ̂. Cognate with Ekpeye ìmètʃì, Ogbah ùmédʒù, Ezaa méꜜdʒí, Izi méꜜdʒí, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ímédʒì.[1] Possible cognates exist in Bantu, for instance Rwanda-Rundi umwîjimá.
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