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egwugwu : a masquerader who impersonates one of the ancestral spirits of the village.
ekwe : a musical instrument,– a type of drum made from wood.
eneke-nti-oba : a kind of bird.
eze-acjadi-nwayi : the teeth of an old woman.
ibd : fever.
ilo : the village green, where assemblies for sports, discussions, etc., take place.
inyanga- . showing off, bragging.
isa-ifi : a ceremony. If a wife had been separated from her husband for some time and were then to be re-united with him, this ceremony would be held to ascertain that she had not been unfaithful to him during the time of their separation.
iyi-uwa- . a special kind of stone which forms the link between an ogbanje and the spirit world. Only if the iyi-uwa were discovered and destroyed would the child not die.
jigida : a string of waist beads.
kotma- . court messenger. The word is not of Ibo origin but is a corruption of "court messenger."
kwenu- . a shout of approval and greeting.
ndicbie- . elders.
nna ayi : our father.
nno : welcome.
nso-ani- . a religious offence of a kind abhorred by everyone, literally earth's taboo.
nza : a very small bird.
obi- , the large living quarters of the head of the family.
obodo dike : the land of the brave.
ochu : murder or manslaughter.
ocjbanje : a changeling,– a child who repeatedly dies and returns to its mother to be reborn. It is almost impossible to bring up an ogbanje child without it dying, unless its iyi-uwa is first found and destroyed.
ogene : a musical instrument; a kind of gong.
oji odu achu-ijiji-O : (cow i.e., the one that uses its tail to drive flies away).
osu : outcast. Having been dedicated to a god, the osu was taboo and was not allowed to mix with the freeborn in any way.
Oye.– the name of one of the four market days.
ozo: the name of one of the titles or ranks.
tufia- . a curse or oath.
udu : a musical instrument; a type of drum made from pottery.
uli.– a dye used by women for drawing patterns on the skin.
umuadct : a family gathering of daughters, for which the female kinsfolk return to their village of origin.
