Èyémọ̀tẹ́
name
/è.jé.mɔ̃̀.tɛ́/
Definitions
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a legendary female leader, healer, seer and advisor of the town of Iyìn. Originally known by the name of Ifájẹ́mitẹ́, she was deified as an ancestral deity upon her death. She is regarded as a deity of protection and fertility, able to end famine and bring rain
Used inỌbànị̀fọ̀nname 3 entries are spelled “Ọbànị̀fọ̀n”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. Ọbànị̀fọ̀n the legendary king Ọbàlùfọ̀n, believed to be a descendant of Odùduwà and founder of many Èkìtì towns Ọbàlùfọ̀n A traditional chieftaincy title in the Àwòrò class of chiefs during the time of Odùduwà in the ancient Ufẹ̀ kingdom Ọnị̀fọ̀n alternative form of Ọbànị̀fọ̀n (“an ancestral deity associated with fertility, royalty, and wealth”) Ọlụ́aname 2 entries are spelled “Ọlụ́a”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. Ọlụ́a A high-ranking divinity (ụmọlẹ̀) of many Èkìtì Yoruba towns, regarded as the supreme deity of the hill and the sky. In some traditions Ọlụ́a is regarded as the supreme being, equivalent to Olódùmarè and Àbarị̀ṣà. This deity's who worshipped is characterized by the performance of ẹ̀fẹ̀ and ùjàamẹ̀ṣẹ̀ poetry. Olúwa the Lord, God
Etymology
Folk etymology states it comes from the phrase èyé (“mother”) + mọ́ (“don't”) + tẹ́ (“to be put to shame”), believed to be a play on what was her original birth name Ifájẹ́mitẹ́ (literally “Ifa did not allow me to be put to shame”), which was later shortened with the word èyé (a term used as a title for older women or highly regarded women or priestesses) to become Èyémọ̀tẹ́.
Component words
èyémothermọ́don't
tẹ́to be put to shame
3 entries are spelled “tẹ́”. The etymology calls it “to be put to shame”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
tẹ́
to be flat; to be level
tẹ́
to be tasteless
tẹ́
to spread out
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Eyemọtẹ”.
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