English Explanatory Dictionary

orpeko

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of spirit possession or spiritual sickness among Maasai people, especially women.

Word forms

orpeko

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu [Term?]der. Swahili upepoder. Maasai orpekabor. English orpeko Borrowed from Maasai orpeka, from Swahili upepo (“spirit, wind”), from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

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