òsu
Noun5 varieties
Ndebe script
Voice recording
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Meanings
outcast; person dedicated as slave to service of a deity
Nounperson dedicated as slave to service of a deity, or whose ancestors were so dedicated; thus the son of an òsu is an òsu. Moreover anyone who is proved to have had contact with an òsu also becomes an òsu
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Ezaa, Mkpọọ, Ngwa, Nkanụ, Nsa
- nwohùta Ezaa
- òsu Mkpọọ — same spelling as the Izugbe
- ohù Ngwa
- ohù Nkanụ
- òsu Nsa — same spelling as the Izugbe
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ezinnwa mara ọsụ mgbe ụgbọ hara ya.
— Ezinwa hissed when the vehicle left her
Adaego mara ọsụ mgbe m gwara ya na agaghị m abịa n'oge.
— Adaego hissed when I told her that I won't come on time.
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