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TFA English Vocab List Flashcards

1
Q

Agadi-nwayi

A

An old woman

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2
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Agbala

A

Woman; also used for a man who has taken on title

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3
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Ani

A

Earth goddess

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4
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Chi

A

Personal god

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5
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Efulefu

A

Worthless man

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6
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Egwugwu

A

Masquerader, who impersonates one of the ancestral spirits of the village

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7
Q

Ekwe

A

Wooden drum

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8
Q

Eneke-nti-oba

A

Kind of bird

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9
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Eze-agadi-nwayi

A

Old woman’s teeth

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10
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Foo foo

A

Food made from yarns, serves a chief role in the annual Feast of the New Yam

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11
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Iba

A

Fever

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12
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Ilo

A

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

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13
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Inyanga

A

Showing off, bragging

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14
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Isa-fi

A

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

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15
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Iei-uwa

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Special stone, forms the link between an ogbanje and the spirit world; only if the iyi-uwa were discovered

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16
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Jigida

A

String of waist beads worn by women

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17
Q

Kola nut

A

Food used to greet visitors and guests

18
Q

Kwenu

A

Approval/greeting

19
Q

Ndichie

A

Elders

20
Q

Nna ayi

A

Our father

21
Q

Nno

A

Welcome

22
Q

Nso-ani

A

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

23
Q

Nza

A

Very small bird

24
Q

Obi

A

Large living quarters of the head of the family

25
Q

Obodo dike

A

The land of the brave

26
Q

Ochu

A

Murder or manslaughter

27
Q

Ogbanje

A

A changeling; a child who repeatedly dies and returns to its mother to be beborn. It is almost impossible to eing up an ogbanje child without it dying, unless its iyi-iwa is first found and destroyed

27
Q

Ogene

A

Gong

28
Q

Oji odu achu-ijiji-o

A

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

29
Q

Oso

A

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

30
Q

Oye

A

1 of 4 market days

31
Q

Ozo

A

The name of one of the four work titles or ranks

32
Q

Palm wine

A

Fermented palm sap, for celebration and ceremony

33
Q

Tufia

A

Curse or Oath

34
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Udu

A

Pottery drum

35
Q

Uli

A

Women’s dye, for drawing patterns on the skin

36
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Umunada

A

Family gathering of daughters, for which the female kinsfolk return to their village or origin

37
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Umunna

A

Wide group of kinsmen (the masculine form of the word umunada)

38
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Uri

A

Part of betrothal ceremony, when dowry is paid

39
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Yam

A

Edible root; most valuable cash crop grown in the village

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