ogwu

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-gwũ, cognate with Yoruba ogun. Equivalent to *ó- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ *gwũ.

• IPA^(key): /ó.ɡʷū/

ógwu

1. war, battle

• j'ogwu (“to fight a war”)
• Ógwu Etìlà (“World War II”)
• Ógwu (“male name given to a child born in a time of war”)

Cognate with Ifè ogú and Yoruba ogún, from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-gwṹ

• IPA^(key): /ó.ɡʷú/

ógwú

1. inheritance
2. (idiomatic) a feeling of jealousy between two people dating or married to the same person. (Usually referring to two co-wives)

• Sense two may have been developed from the conflict that arises between two co-wives in a polygamous household during the dividing of inheritance and property. See Yoruba orogún

• j'ogwú (“to inherit; to demonstrate jealousy or mutual dislike”)

Cognate with Ekpeye úꜜgʷú, Ogbah óꜜgʷṹ, Ezaa óbvú, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ókû.^[1] Compare with Yoruba ẹ̀gún and Yoruba gún

• IPA^(key): /ó.ɡʷú/

ógwú

1. thorn