mmụọ ogonogo
NounNdebe script
Meanings
'tall ghost', the most elderly and venerated form of the incarnate dead (= egwugwu)
Noun
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Mmụọ ogonogo pụtara n'ọhịa n'abalị.
— The tall ghost appeared in the field at night.
Ụmụaka na-atụ egwu mmụọ ogonogo.
— Children are afraid of the tall ghost.
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