mmanwụ
NounNdebe script
Meanings
masquerade
Noun(at Nri) the highest women’s title, which elderly married women of exemplary character are allowed to take and in which the secret of the ritual mask is revealed (Onwuejeogwu 1974:177)
Noun
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- manwụ
- mmanwụ
Examples
Obele mmanwu na-akpa ike maka na ijele anoghi nso.
— A small masquerade is powerful because the big masquerade is not around.
A naghi ano otu ebe, e kiri mmanwu!
— You do not watch a masquerade from one place alone.
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