egwusi
Igbo edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Yoruba ẹ̀gúsí.[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ègwusi
- egusi (melon seeds used in making soup)
References edit
- ^ Michael J. C. Echeruo (2001) “egusi”, in Igbo-English Dictionary: A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Igbo Language with an English-Igbo Index, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria: Longman Nigeria Plc, →ISBN, page 44
- ^ Françoise Ugochukwu, Peter Okafor (2004) “egwusi”, in Dictionnaire usuel igbo-français suivi d'un index français-igbo (in French), Ibadan, Nigeria: Éditions Karthala and IFRA-Ibadan, →ISBN, page 65