okwe

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