govi
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== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Haitian Creole [Term?], from Fon [Term?].
=== Noun ===
govi (plural govis or govi)
A sacred urn or pitcher in Haitian voodoo, used to hold the spirit of an ancestor.
1995, Mama Lola & Karen McCarthy Brown, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, p. 232:
So these govi used to sit on your father's family altar, but now they are on yours?
=== Anagrams ===
Vigo
== Latvian ==
=== Noun ===
govi f
accusative/instrumental singular of govs
== Norwegian Nynorsk ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Participle ====
govi
(non-standard since 2012) feminine of goven
(non-standard since 2012) neuter of goven
==== Verb ====
govi
(non-standard since 2012) supine of gyva
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Noun ====
govi n
(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of gov
(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of gòv
== Swahili ==
=== Alternative forms ===
ngovi
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
govi class V (plural magovi class VI)
(anatomy) prepuce, foreskin
Synonym: mzunga