ghẹngwa

Yoruba

Alternative forms

rẹwà
sẹngwà (Ọ̀wọ̀, Oǹdó)
hẹngwà (Ìlàjẹ, Ìkálẹ̀)
hunwà (Owé)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣɛ̃̄.ɡʷà/

Verb

ghẹngwà

(Ilajẹ) to be beautiful
Ọnẹ yí a bí rire, ó ghàn jù ọnẹ a bí ghẹngwà. ― A well born person is better than a beautiful person.

Ìlàjẹ, agbénọ́kọ̀ghẹngwà. ― Ilaje, the ones who are beautiful in canoes.

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