Egungun

Etymology
Folk etymology from the Odù Ifá (corpus of the Yoruba religion), specifically (Odu #105), states it comes from. Said to be associated with the phrase.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. In Igala, the term in its noun form means corpse or dead body. This suggests that it comes from the same root as 🇨🇬, in which the root gwú, likely means to kill or die. Thus, this term is proposed to be derived from, ultimately deriving from. This is the same root that the term is believed to come from, thus making this a. The root gwú in term is almost certainly from the same root as, see for its relation to other languages.

Noun

 * 1) A Yoruba masked or costumed figure (consisting of a human wearing an ), representing the physical manifestation of the spirit of an ancestor and regarded as a Yoruba orisha. Often mistranslated as.
 * 2) A performer who wears a costume to entertain. (See .)