ukwu

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• ụkwụfoot; leg; foot; leg; footstep; leg
• ukwùwaist; loins; stump (of tree); base; waist; loins; the base of an object
• ùkwùbundle; (also ùkwù egō) unit in cowrie counting system, consisting of ten èkpète (of six cowries each), thus sixty cowries
• kpereport; judge O kpèlì m He reported me Agà m èkpe giCn’aka nnà gị ukwu I shall report you to your master; pray; beg Kà ànyị kpeelu Chine kè Let us pray (unto God) O tègo m jì èkpelu yā kà ọ rapụ m I have been begging him for a long time to leave me alone; smearing
• Chukwuthe supreme god; big God; great God; God (chi 1. + ukwu). In Nri belief, Chukwu has four major manifestations Anyanwū, the sun, which represents Chukwu as everywhere present, all-powerful, and the source of knowledge; Agbàlà, manifested in the fertility of the earth and its creatures; Chi, the ability of living beings to procreate; Òkìkè, the never-ending process of creation (Onwuejeogwu 1974:82)
• ǹnekwusize; bigness; importance; (nnē + ukwu)