okwe

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Igbo

Noun

òkwè

  1. Ricinodendron heudelotii, a fast-growing tropical tree prized for its seeds.
  2. oware, a mancala game played using the seeds of this tree as tokens.

Further reading

  • Michael J. C. Echeruo (2001) “okwe”, 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 127
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