Mawu
Ewe edit
Proper noun edit
Mawu
Synonyms edit
Gun edit
Alternative forms edit
- Máú (alternative Nigerian spelling)
Etymology edit
Cognates include Fon Mǎwǔ, Ewe Mawu, Adja Mawu, perhaps related to Yoruba Yemòwó
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
- the paramount genderless or female divinity amongst the Gun people and other Gbe speaking peoples of the Vodun faith, see her male equivalent Lisa
- (Christianity) the Christian God
Derived terms edit
- Misɛ̀nmáwú (“I worship God”)
- Misẹ̀nmáwú (“I worship God”)
- Máwúco (“God's only”)
- Máwúkló (“God is great”)
- Máwúlɔ̀mɛ̀ (“In God's hand”)
- Máwúlọ̀mẹ̀ (“In God's hand”)
- Máwúnyɔ́ (“God is good”)
- Máwúsí (“In God's hand”)
- Máwútɔ̀n (“God's own”)
- Máwútọ̀n (“God's own”)
- Máwúyọ́n (“God is good”)
- Máwúzɔ́nsu (“God's works are numerous”)
- Máwúzọ́nsu (“God's works are numerous”)
- Máwúṣo (“God's only”)