ọwá
noun
/ɔ̄.wá/
Definitions
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the parlor or inner courtyard of a home
Similar wordskáànoun 2 entries are spelled “káà”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. káà inner courtyard káà car ọrọ́wánoun
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palace, great house
Similar wordsàọ̀fịnnoun 3 entries are spelled “àọ̀fịn”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. àọ̀fịn palace àghọ̀fẹn palace ààfin palace àọ̀fịnnoun 3 entries are spelled “àọ̀fịn”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. àọ̀fịn palace àghọ̀fẹn palace ààfin palace àọ̀fịnnoun 3 entries are spelled “àọ̀fịn”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. àọ̀fịn palace àghọ̀fẹn palace ààfin palace
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palace, great house; king, monarch
Ọmọ ọwá, ọmọ ẹkùn Child of the king, child of the leopardSimilar wordsàọ̀fịnnoun 3 entries are spelled “àọ̀fịn”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. àọ̀fịn palace àghọ̀fẹn palace ààfin palace àọ̀fịnnoun 3 entries are spelled “àọ̀fịn”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. àọ̀fịn palace àghọ̀fẹn palace ààfin palace àọ̀fịnnoun 3 entries are spelled “àọ̀fịn”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. àọ̀fịn palace àghọ̀fẹn palace ààfin palace ọbanounọlọ́wáọlọ́jànoun olúnoun 2 entries are spelled “olú”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. olú leader, head, chief; prominent one, hero olú mushroom, fungi, or toadstool
Etymology
Likely from Edo ọgua (“courtyard of a traditional home”), see Urhobo ọguá (“palace”), Olukumi ọ́gwá (“palace”)
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king
king, leader; the first person to a location
king; used mainly in praise poetry and songs
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ọwa”.
Reference:
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