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Stammer speak with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words.
Haggard looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering.
Egwugwu The egwugwu are masked dancers that represent the nine ancestral spirits of Umuofia. These masked ancestral spirits are enigmatic in nature and comprise of nine revered village elders, who ceremonially gather to administer justice.
Harmttan a very dry, dusty easterly or northeasterly wind on the West African coast, occurring from December to February
Loafer a person who idles time away.
Kola A tree, genus Cola, bearing large brown seeds ("nuts") that are the source of cola extract. A nut of this tree. (rare, dated) Alternative form of cola (“drink made with kola nut flavoring”)
Ekwe An Ekwe is an Igbo traditional musical instrument. The ekwe is a type of drum with rectangular cavity slits in the hollowed out wooden interior.
Udu The udu is a plosive aerophone (in this case implosive) and an idiophone of the Igbo of Nigeria. In the Igbo language, ùdù means 'vessel'.
Ogene Ogene is a style of Igbo music consisting of, and taking its name from, the ogene instrument, which is a large metal bell.
Mirth amusement, especially as expressed in laughter.
Snuff Snuff is a smokeless tobacco made from ground or pulverised tobacco leaves. It is inhaled or "snuffed" into the nasal cavity, delivering a swift hit of nicotine and a lasting flavoured scent (especially if flavouring has been blended with the tobacco).
Gome gome (plural gomes or gomen). A man; a male human being.
Amiss not quite right; inappropriate or out of place.
Dimmer a device for varying the brightness of an electric light.
Arator Arator was a sixth-century Christian poet from Liguria in northwestern Italy. His best known work, De Actibus Apostolorum, is a verse history of the Apostles.
Agadi-Mwayi If the clan had disobeyed the Oracle they would surely have been beaten, because their dreaded agadi-mwayi would never fight.
Ndrchic it didn't give me a definition.
Palm Tree an unbranched evergreen tree with a crown of long feathered or fan-shaped leaves, and typically having old leaf scars forming a regular pattern on the trunk.
Iroko Tree African legends say that Iroko lives at the top of the tree in its canopy, with the limbs reaching so high into the sky that it's considered the throne of God.
Striving make great efforts to achieve or obtain something.
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