TFA Vocab List (Q2 Vocab)

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agadi-nwayi

an old woman

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agbala

woman; also used for a man who has taken no title

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3

ani

earth goddess

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4

chi

personal god

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5

efulefu

worthless man

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6

egwugwu

masquerade who impersonates one of the ancestral spirits of the village

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7

ekwe

type of drum made from wood

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8

eneke-nti-oba

a kind of bird

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9

eze-agadi-nwayi

the teeth of an old woman

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10

foo foo

food made from yams that serves a chief role in the annual Feast of the New Yam

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11

iba

fever

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12

ilo

the village green where assemblies for sports, discussions, and so on take place

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13

inyanga

showing off, bragging

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14

isa-fi

if a wife had been separated from her husband for some time and were then to be reunited with him, this ceremony would be held to ascertain that she had not been unfaithful to him during the time of their seperation

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15

iyi-uwa

a special kind of stone that forms the link between an ogbanje and the spirit world; only if the iyi-uwa were discovered and destroyed would the child not die

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jigida

string of waist beads worn by women

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17

kola nut

food used to greet visitors and guests

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18

kwenu

short of approval and greeting

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19

ndichie

elders

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nna ayi

our father

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nno

welcome

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22

nso-ani

a religious offense of a kind abhorred by everyone, literally earth’s taboo

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23

nza

a very small bird

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24

obi

large living quarters of the head of the family

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25

obodo dike

the land of the brave

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26

ochu

murder or manslaughter

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27

ogbanje

a changeling; a child who repeatedly dies and returns to its mother to be reborn. it is almost impossible to bring up this child without it dying, unless its iyi-uwa is first found and destroyed

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28

ogene

musical instrument; a kind of gong

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29

oji odu achu-ijiji-o

cow (i.e. the one that uses its tail to drive flies away)

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30

osu

having been dedicated to a god, this was taboo and not allowed to mix with the freeborn in any way; an outcast

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31

oye

one of the four market days

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32

ozo

the name of one of the four titles or ranks

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33

palm wine

fermented palm sap used for celebration and ceremony

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34

tufia

a curse or oath

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35

udu

musical instrument; a type of drum made from pottery

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36

uli

a dye used by women for drawing patterns on the skin

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37

umuada

a family gathering of daughters, for which the female kinsfolk return to their village of origin

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38

umunna

a wide group of kinsmen (the masculine form of the word umuada)

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uri

part of the betrothal ceremony when the dowry is paid

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yam

edible root; most valuable cash crop grown in the village

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