tfa vocab

Question 1

agbala

Answer 1

woman, man with no title

Question 2

agadi-nwayi

Answer 2

old woman

Question 3

ani

Answer 3

earth goddess

Question 4

chi

Answer 4

personal god

Question 5

efulefu

Answer 5

worthless man

Question 6

egwugwu

Answer 6

masquerader who impersonates ancestral spirits of the village

Question 7

ekwe

Answer 7

drum made of wood

Question 8

eneke-nti-oba

Answer 8

kind of bird

Question 9

eze-agadi-nwayi

Answer 9

teeth of old woman

Question 10

foo foo

Answer 10

food from yams, large part in annual feast of new yam

Question 11

iba

Answer 11

fever

Question 12

ilo

Answer 12

village green, location of sports and discussions

Question 13

inyanga

Answer 13

showing off/bragging

Question 14

isa-fi

Answer 14

when husband and wife separated for long periods, this ceremony held to represent wife’s faithfulness

Question 15

iwi-uya

Answer 15

forms link between evil spirit and obanje, if this stone was discovered and destroyed, cycle was broken

Question 16

jigida

Answer 16

string of waist beads worn by women

Question 17

kola nut

Answer 17

food to greet guests

Question 18

kwenu

Answer 18

shout of approval/greeting

Question 19

ndichie

Answer 19

elders

Question 20

nna ayi

Answer 20

our father

Question 21

nno

Answer 21

welcome

Question 22

nso-ani

Answer 22

religious offense, earth’s taboo

Question 23

nza

Answer 23

very small bird

Question 24

obi

Answer 24

large living quarters for head of family

Question 25

obodo dike

Answer 25

land of the brave

Question 26

ochu

Answer 26

murder/manslaughter

Question 27

ogbanje

Answer 27

changeling, repeatedly dies and returns to mother, impossible to grow up unless iwi-uwa destroyed

Question 28

ogene

Answer 28

musical instrument, gong

Question 29

oji odu achu-ijiji-o

Answer 29

cow

Question 30

osu

Answer 30

dedicated to a god, not allowed to mix with freeborn, outcast

Question 31

oye

Answer 31

one of four market days

Question 32

ozo

Answer 32

name of one of four titles/ranks

Question 33

palm wine

Answer 33

fermented palm sap used for celebrations and ceremonies

Question 34

tufia

Answer 34

curse/oath

Question 35

udu

Answer 35

drum made from pottery

Question 36

uli

Answer 36

dye used by women to pattern skin

Question 37

umuada

Answer 37

family gathering of daughters, female kinsfolk return to village of origin

Question 38

umuanna

Answer 38

wide group of kinsmen (masculine version of umuada)

Question 39

uri

Answer 39

part of betrothal ceremony where dowry is paid

Question 40

yam

Answer 40

edible root, most valuable cash crop