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brothers could not marry each other's lineage sisters due to their shared
patrilineal descent; larger clan groups practised lineage exogamy while
smaller clan groups remained exogamous; gwagha was also used by
seasonal workers in referring to themselves as Dghweɗe (Chapter 3.6).
Gwal ghwa'a
People of the mountains (gwal = people; ghwa = on top, mountains);
gwal ghwa'a means people of the mountains in general and not only
the people of Ghwa'a (see Chapter 3.4); see also Figure 25 (Chapter
3.16).
Gwal ngurɗe
Specialist healer to treat severe sorcery attacks (ngurɗe = medicine);
see Chapter 3.15 about ideas around existential personhood and
compare with the concept of zalghede (wizard or sorcerer).
Gwal vɗa
People involved in iron production (gwal = people; vɗa = forging); see
Chapter 3.10 about iron production in the past; see also Chapter 2.1
and compare the link to the word for slave (vəɗa/vɗa).
Gwalghaya
Family home; homestead (gwal = people; ghaya = house); gwalghaya
was also a reference to the extended family as the congregation for the
ritual ancestor worship of a deceased father (dada) or grandfather (jije)
of the father and owner of a house; see Figures 20a and 20b for spatial
dimension and architectural details (Chapter 3.12).
Gwambariya
Black and white cotton strips used on several occassions during dzum
zugune, including by the ngwa garda who wore them around the waist;
see photograph and explanation in Plate 58b (Chapter 3.14).
Gwargwara
Leather strips with glass beads worn over each shoulder by keen young
men who had not yet started dzum zugune; see photograph in Plate 57h
(Chapter 3.14).
Gwazgafte
Supreme Being; God; divinity; house god; personal god; we see the
concept of gwazgafte as being rooted in the semi-arid mountain
environment of the Gwoza hills and consider most of our oral accounts
as being rooted in late pre-colonial times; consult Chapter 3.16 for a
more detailed discussion, also in comparison with our Mafa fieldnotes.
Gwiye
Farmland; farm; see Figure 17 on Dghweɗe farm layout (Chapter
3.10).
H
Hadz kule
Ceremony of libating beer over the grave (kule) of a deceased father as
part of har ghwe; was done after the top of the grave had been cleaned;
see Figure 20b for a spatial illustration of har ghwe (Chapter 3.12).
Hamada
Tribute payments or tax; see oral accounts in Chapters 2.1 and 2.2.
Hamtiwe
Vitaceae (grape) variety (most likely of the Cissus genus); played an
important role in the opening stage of dzum zugune; see photograph
and further explanation in Plate 57a (Chapter 3.14).
Har
Slaughtering; sacrificial slaughtering; see Table 5a for the different
sacrificial slaughterings as part of calendrical rituals (Chapter 3.8); the
most frequent animal to be ritually slaughtered was the goat (ghwe).
Har batiwe
Sacrificial slaughtering ritual in the context of an individual room of a
house; see Chapter 3.12 about the house as a place of worship.
Har daghile
Bull festival (daghile = bull); see Chapter 3.13 for detailed
reconstruction of the Dghweɗe travelling bull festival.
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