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òwụwa anyaanwū

Active verb

Ndebe script

 

Meanings

  1. sunrise; East

    Active verb
  2. the sun, regarded as a manifestation or son of Chukwu, the author of light and knowledge

    Active verb
  3. East; sunrise; rising of sun

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

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Examples

Chèe irū n’anyaanwū, sìị ‘Anyaanwū nà Agbàlà’

— Face the sun, saying, ‘Sun and Agbala’ (in sacrifice) (anya 1. eye + anwū 1. sunshine)

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