egwu
Noun3 varieties
Ndebe script
Voice recording
play
Meanings
music; song
Nounmusic; song; dance; play; entertainment
Noundance; play; entertainment
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Afiikpo, Izii, Mbaise
- egwu Afiikpo — same spelling as the Izugbe
- evu Izii
- nkwà Mbaise
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Gbaa egwu etu nkwa si ada.
— Dance to the beat of the music.
Ọ dị mkpa na nne na nna ọbụla ga-azụlite ụmụ ha n'ụzọ ezi omume na ịtụ egwu Chineke.
— It is important that all parents should bring up their children in the way of righteousness and the fear of God.
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Same spelling, different tones
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- egwùan emotion caused by the threat or suspicion of danger; fear; scare;; fear; rainbow
- kpè ìkpebackbite; slander; speak evil of. Much practised by the Egwu Ọjà dancers many years ago. The soloist in the course of her singing spoke to evil-doers who had been committing evil in secret, e.g. a thief or people involved in adultery, thereby bringing their anti-social practices to light