ghẹngwa
Yoruba
Alternative forms
rẹwà
sẹngwà
(
Ọwọ
,
Ondo
)
hẹngwà
(
Ilajẹ
,
Ikalẹ
)
hunwà
(
Owe
)
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, agbénọ́kọ̀
ghẹngwà
.
―
Ilaje, the ones who
are beautiful
in canoes.