Àgbọnnìrègún
name
/à.ɡ͡bɔ̃̄.nĩ̀.ɾè.ɡṹ/
Àgbọnmìrègún (alternative)
Definitions
- A praise name (oríkì) or nickname for the orisha Ọ̀rúnmìlà and Ifá
Etymology
Several stories from the Odù Ifá attempt to give a folk etymology for this name.
* One states it comes from àgbọn (“coconut”) + ni (“to be”) + ìrègún (“a direct request built on a previous favor one has granted”)
* Another one states it comes from àgbọn (“coconut”) + ni (“to be”) + ire (“blessing, gift, reward”) + Ògún (“the deity Ogun”), literally “The coconut is the blessing of Ogun”
Component words
Wiktionary records 2 different ways of breaking this word down. Each line is one of them, not a further part.
àgbọncoconut
nito be
2 entries are spelled “ni”. The etymology calls it “to be”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
ni
to be (to have a quality or identification)
ni
to be bloated, to be tumid
ìrègúna direct request built on a previous favor one has granted
àgbọncoconut
nito be
2 entries are spelled “ni”. The etymology calls it “to be”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
ni
to be (to have a quality or identification)
ni
to be bloated, to be tumid
ireblessing, gift, reward
2 entries are spelled “ire”. The etymology calls it “blessing, gift, reward”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
ire
good fortune, good luck
ire
the tree Funtumia elastica
Ògúnthe deity Ogun
Listed as a similar word by
These words list this one in their own definitions. This word does not list them back, so Wiktionary records the link in one direction only.
The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
Ọrunmila, the primordial divinity (irúnmọlẹ̀) and orisha of wisdom and divination. He is regarded as the custodian of the Ifá oracle.
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Agbọnniregun”.
Reference:
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