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Igbo
Etymology
Borrowed from Yoruba ẹ̀gúsí.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
ègwusi
- egusi (melon seeds used in making soup)
References
- ^ 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