Ichẹbọ

Igala

Etymology

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ che (“to do, to perform”) +‎ ẹ́bọ (“divinity, deity”), literally “The worship of the deities”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ì.t͡ʃɛ́.bɔ̄/

Proper noun

Ìchẹbọ

  1. the traditional Igala religion
    Synonym: Ògwùchẹ́kwọ̀
  • ìbégwú (“ancestral divinities”)
  • ẹ́bọ (“deity, divinity”)
  • ògwùchẹ́kwọ̀ (“worshipper of the Igala traditional religion”)
  • ìkpàkáchi (“water divinity”)
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