"govi" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Haitian Creole [Term?], from Fon [Term?].",
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      "form": "govis",
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          "ref": "1953, Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company, published 2004, page 28:",
          "text": "In due course of time, the parent in the govi becomes grandparent and the grandparent becomes ancestor.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Mama Lola & Karen McCarthy Brown, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, p. 232",
          "text": "So these govi used to sit on your father's family altar, but now they are on yours?"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Ama Mazama, Encyclopedia of African Religion, volume 1, page 297:",
          "text": "The importance and significance of the govi can hardly be overstressed because it enables as well as brings to light the Voduists' reverence for their ancestors, a ubiquitous and fundamental feature of African religion in general.",
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        "A sacred urn or pitcher in Haitian voodoo, used to hold the spirit of an ancestor."
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          "pitcher",
          "pitcher"
        ],
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          "voodoo",
          "voodoo"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "ancestor",
          "ancestor"
        ]
      ]
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  "word": "govi"
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          "ref": "1953, Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company, published 2004, page 28:",
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        },
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          "text": "So these govi used to sit on your father's family altar, but now they are on yours?"
        },
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