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English TFA Vocab
q2 vocab, for test on 10/07
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| agadi-nwayi | an old woman |
| agbala | woman; also used for a man who has taken no title |
| ani | earth goddess |
| chi | personal god |
| efulefu | worthless man |
| egwugwu | masquerader who impersonates one of the ancestral spirits of the village |
| ekwe | type of drum made from wood |
| eneke-nti-oba | a kind of bird |
| eze-agadi-nwayi | the teeth of an old woman |
| foo foo | food made from yams that serves a chief role in the annual Feast of the New Yam |
| iba | fever |
| ilo | the village green where assemblies for sports, discussions, and so on take place |
| inyanga | showing off, bragging |
| 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 separation |
| 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 |
| jigida | string of waist beads worn by women |
| kola nuts | food used to greet visitors and guests |
| kwenu | shout of approval and greeting |
| ndichie | elders |
| nna ayi | our father |
| nno | welcome |
| nso-ayi | a religious offense of a kind abhorred by everyone, literally earth's taboo |
| nza | a very small bird |
| obi | large living quarters of the head of the family |
| obodo dike | the land of the brave |
| ochu | murder or manslaughter |
| ogbanje | a changeling; a child who repeatedly dies and returns to its mother to reborn. It is almost impossible to bring up an ogbanje child without it dying, unless its iyi-iwa is first found and destroyed |
| ogene | 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 | having been dedicated to a god, the osu was taboo and was not allowed to mix with the freeborn in any way; an outcast |
| oye | one of the four market days |
| ozo | the name of one of the four titles or ranks |
| palm wine | fermented palm sap used for celebration and ceremony |
| tufia | a curse or oath |
| udu | musical instrument; a type of drum made from pottery |
| uli | a dye used by women for drawing patterns on the skin |
| umuada | a family gathering of daughters, for which the female kinsfolk return to their village of origin |
| umunna | a wide group of kinsmen (the masculine form of the word umuada (gather of sons instead of daughters)) |
| uri | part of the betrothal ceremony when the dowry is paid |
| yam | edible root; most valuable cash crop grown in the village |
Created by:
ag2008