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

• (forming placenames): ụmụ

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