egwugwu
NounNdebe script
Meanings
the most elderly and most venerated form of the incarnate dead, of Igala origin (Igala ègwùgwù, = mmụọ ogonogo)
Noun
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Egwugwu bụ mmụọ ndị nna ochie kacha asọpụrụ.
— Egwugwu is the most revered ancestral spirit.
Ị na-asọpụrụ egwugwu n'ememme obodo?
— Do you respect egwugwu at the town festival?
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