Where does “wugwa” come from?

wugwa (Nupe) comes from Chinese Wú.

wugwa (Nupe): to wave (one's hand)

Definitions

  1. to wave (one's hand)

Ancestry of “wugwa”, step by step

wugwa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese

via Nupe egwà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nupeegwàhand
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