English Explanatory Dictionary

Egun

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of the Yoruba people who performs a masquerade as an ancestor.

Word forms

Egun Egungun

Etymology

From Yoruba Eégún, a reduced form of Yoruba Egúngún (“ancestors”), with the difference between singular and plural being due to a misinterpretation of the Yoruba forms.

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