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ùwà

Noun
Igbotone-neutral spelling: uwa

Ndebe script



Meanings

  1. the world, earth, universe; (in Nri philosophy the visible world, contrasted with Mmụō (ancestors), Alūsị (spirits), and Òkìkè (the creator), consisting of igwē nà ànì (the firmament and the earth), and occupied by mmadù (human beings), agū (forests), anụmànù (animals), etc.

    Noun

Dialect & variants

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Examples

Ndị Igbo na-alọ ụwa ka ha nwụsịrị.

— Igbo people reincarnate after their death.

Achọrọ ịlọ ụwa m ọzọ dịka onye Igbo.

— I want to reincarnate, in my next life, as an Igbo person.

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