Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryrumormonger · gossip (idle talk)
From Urhobo avwebo (“favourite wife in a polygamous household”). Popularised as the name of a character in the long-running Nigerian radio and television program The Village Headmaster.
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- Derivation mentionavwebourh · favourite wife in a polygamous household
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