"Mawu" meaning in Gun

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Proper name

IPA: /mã́.wú/ Forms: Máwú [canonical]
Etymology: Cognates include Fon Mǎwǔ, Ewe Mawu, Adja Mawu, perhaps related to Yoruba Yemòwó Etymology templates: {{cog|fon|Mǎwǔ}} Fon Mǎwǔ, {{cog|ee|Mawu}} Ewe Mawu, {{cog|ajg|Mawu}} Adja Mawu, {{cog|yo|Yemòwó}} Yoruba Yemòwó Head templates: {{head|guw|proper noun|head=Máwú}} Máwú, {{tlb|guw|Benin|Nigeria}} (Benin, Nigeria)
  1. the paramount genderless or female divinity amongst the Gun people and other Gbe speaking peoples of the Vodun faith, see her male equivalent Lisa
    Sense id: en-Mawu-guw-name-wNKEWwjq Categories (other): Beninese Gun, Nigerian Gun, Gun entries with incorrect language header, Vodun religion Disambiguation of Beninese Gun: 42 50 8 Disambiguation of Nigerian Gun: 42 50 8 Disambiguation of Gun entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Vodun religion: 70 30
  2. (Christianity) the Christian God Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-Mawu-guw-name-CykfBYiy Topics: Christianity
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Máú (english: alternative Nigerian spelling)
Derived forms: Misɛ̀nmáwú (english: I worship God), Misẹ̀nmáwú (english: I worship God), Máwúco (english: God's only), Máwúkló (english: God is great), Máwúlɔ̀mɛ̀ (english: In God's hand), Máwúlọ̀mẹ̀ (english: In God's hand), Máwúnyɔ́ (english: God is good), Máwúsí (english: In God's hand), Máwútɔ̀n (english: God's own), Máwútọ̀n (english: God's own), Máwúyọ́n (english: God is good), Máwúzɔ́nsu (english: God's works are numerous), Máwúzọ́nsu (english: God's works are numerous), Máwúṣo (english: God's only)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "I worship God",
      "word": "Misɛ̀nmáwú"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "I worship God",
      "word": "Misẹ̀nmáwú"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "God's only",
      "word": "Máwúco"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "God is great",
      "word": "Máwúkló"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "In God's hand",
      "word": "Máwúlɔ̀mɛ̀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "In God's hand",
      "word": "Máwúlọ̀mẹ̀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "God is good",
      "word": "Máwúnyɔ́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "In God's hand",
      "word": "Máwúsí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "God's own",
      "word": "Máwútɔ̀n"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "God's own",
      "word": "Máwútọ̀n"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "God is good",
      "word": "Máwúyọ́n"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "God's works are numerous",
      "word": "Máwúzɔ́nsu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "God's works are numerous",
      "word": "Máwúzọ́nsu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "God's only",
      "word": "Máwúṣo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fon",
        "2": "Mǎwǔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Fon Mǎwǔ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ee",
        "2": "Mawu"
      },
      "expansion": "Ewe Mawu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajg",
        "2": "Mawu"
      },
      "expansion": "Adja Mawu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "Yemòwó"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba Yemòwó",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognates include Fon Mǎwǔ, Ewe Mawu, Adja Mawu, perhaps related to Yoruba Yemòwó",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Máwú",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": "Máwú"
      },
      "expansion": "Máwú",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "Benin",
        "3": "Nigeria"
      },
      "expansion": "(Benin, Nigeria)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gun",
  "lang_code": "guw",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 50 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Beninese Gun",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 50 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Nigerian Gun",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gun entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "guw",
          "name": "Vodun religion",
          "orig": "guw:Vodun religion",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the paramount genderless or female divinity amongst the Gun people and other Gbe speaking peoples of the Vodun faith, see her male equivalent Lisa"
      ],
      "id": "en-Mawu-guw-name-wNKEWwjq",
      "links": [
        [
          "paramount",
          "paramount"
        ],
        [
          "genderless",
          "genderless"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "divinity",
          "divinity"
        ],
        [
          "Vodun",
          "Vodun"
        ],
        [
          "Lisa",
          "Lisa#Mbyá_Guaraní"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "guw",
          "name": "Christianity",
          "orig": "guw:Christianity",
          "parents": [
            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the Christian God"
      ],
      "id": "en-Mawu-guw-name-CykfBYiy",
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "Christian",
          "Christian"
        ],
        [
          "God",
          "God"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Christianity) the Christian God"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mã́.wú/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "alternative Nigerian spelling",
      "word": "Máú"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Mawu"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Beninese Gun",
    "Gun entries with incorrect language header",
    "Gun lemmas",
    "Gun proper nouns",
    "Nigerian Gun",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "guw:Vodun religion"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "I worship God",
      "word": "Misɛ̀nmáwú"
    },
    {
      "english": "I worship God",
      "word": "Misẹ̀nmáwú"
    },
    {
      "english": "God's only",
      "word": "Máwúco"
    },
    {
      "english": "God is great",
      "word": "Máwúkló"
    },
    {
      "english": "In God's hand",
      "word": "Máwúlɔ̀mɛ̀"
    },
    {
      "english": "In God's hand",
      "word": "Máwúlọ̀mẹ̀"
    },
    {
      "english": "God is good",
      "word": "Máwúnyɔ́"
    },
    {
      "english": "In God's hand",
      "word": "Máwúsí"
    },
    {
      "english": "God's own",
      "word": "Máwútɔ̀n"
    },
    {
      "english": "God's own",
      "word": "Máwútọ̀n"
    },
    {
      "english": "God is good",
      "word": "Máwúyọ́n"
    },
    {
      "english": "God's works are numerous",
      "word": "Máwúzɔ́nsu"
    },
    {
      "english": "God's works are numerous",
      "word": "Máwúzọ́nsu"
    },
    {
      "english": "God's only",
      "word": "Máwúṣo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fon",
        "2": "Mǎwǔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Fon Mǎwǔ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ee",
        "2": "Mawu"
      },
      "expansion": "Ewe Mawu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajg",
        "2": "Mawu"
      },
      "expansion": "Adja Mawu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "Yemòwó"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba Yemòwó",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognates include Fon Mǎwǔ, Ewe Mawu, Adja Mawu, perhaps related to Yoruba Yemòwó",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Máwú",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": "Máwú"
      },
      "expansion": "Máwú",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "Benin",
        "3": "Nigeria"
      },
      "expansion": "(Benin, Nigeria)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gun",
  "lang_code": "guw",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the paramount genderless or female divinity amongst the Gun people and other Gbe speaking peoples of the Vodun faith, see her male equivalent Lisa"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "paramount",
          "paramount"
        ],
        [
          "genderless",
          "genderless"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "divinity",
          "divinity"
        ],
        [
          "Vodun",
          "Vodun"
        ],
        [
          "Lisa",
          "Lisa#Mbyá_Guaraní"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "guw:Christianity"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the Christian God"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "Christian",
          "Christian"
        ],
        [
          "God",
          "God"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Christianity) the Christian God"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mã́.wú/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "alternative Nigerian spelling",
      "word": "Máú"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Mawu"
}

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