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Days of the Week
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Day 1 (of the week) Monday
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Abani mbu (n’ izuuka)
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Day 2 (of the week) Tuesday
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Abani abuo (n’ izuuka)
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Day 3 (of the week) Wednesday
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Abani ato (n’ izuuka)
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Day 4 (of the week) Thursday
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Abani ano (n’ izuuka)
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Day 5 (of the week) Friday
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Abani ise (n’ izuuka)
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Day 6 (of the week) Saturday
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Abani isii (n’ izuuka)
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Day 7 (of the week) Sunday
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Abani asaa (n’ izuuka)
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Note that with the Igbo days and times, abani mbu does not mean "one day", that izuuka mbu does not mean "one week" either,
and that onwa mbu does not mean "one month".
They do not because the word mbu and its synonym izizi are ordinal numbers that refer exclusively to the first item in a sequence of things.
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