ọdún Ìjẹṣu
name
/ɔ̄.dṹ ì.d͡ʒɛ̄.ʃū/
ọdún Ùjuṣu (alternative), ọdún Ụ̀jẹṣu (alternative)
Definitions
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a festival celebrating the yam harvest and fertility deities, it is often the most important festival in a Yorùbá town, especially Eastern Yorùbá towns. It is usually held at the end of August or beginning of September. Citizens are traditionally forbidden from eating any yams until the rites of the festival are completed.
Similar wordsRelated wordsOlóyeré Ọlọ́fịnname 3 entries are spelled “Ọlọ́fịn”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. Ọlọ́fịn title for a powerful king Ọlọ́fin king, monarch, ruler Ọlọ́fin the title of a king or ruler; equivalent to the title Aláàfin, most commonly used as in reference to Odùduwà when he was the Ọ̀ọ̀ni of Ile-Ife, also known as Ọlọ́fin Àdìmúlà 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 Ògúnname Ọbàlùfọ̀nname 3 entries are spelled “Ọbàlùfọ̀n”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. Ọbàlùfọ̀n A traditional chieftaincy title in the Àwòrò class of chiefs during the time of Odùduwà in the ancient Ufẹ̀ kingdom Ọbànị̀fọ̀n the legendary king Ọbàlùfọ̀n, believed to be a descendant of Odùduwà and founder of many Èkìtì towns Ọnị̀fọ̀n alternative form of Ọbànị̀fọ̀n (“an ancestral deity associated with fertility, royalty, and wealth”) AńlùgbuànameOjìdóname imọlẹ̀noun 3 entries are spelled “imọlẹ̀”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. imọlẹ̀ god, earth deity or spirit; ancient ancestor (that are worshipped) ìmọ́lẹ̀ light, brightness, glow ụmọlẹ̀ primordial or ancestral deity; local earth spirit, traditionally associated by the Ekiti people with hills and rivers ÌdáṣuÒbèrèmóyènameAjụnáapoporonounÌjobìOríkádúnÀrìwowoÀkúrẹ́nameÒǹdónameIfẹ̀nameÌlárá-Mọ̀kínnameÌdó-ÀníÒwunameIjùÌtaògbólú Ụ̀pịnṣàname 2 entries are spelled “Ụ̀pịnṣà”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. Ụ̀pịnṣà alternative form of Ìpinṣà (“a town in Ondo, Nigeria”) Ìpinṣà Ipinsa (an Ekiti Yoruba town in Akure South, Ondo, Nigeria) Ìbulẹ̀-Ṣọ́rọ̀nameÌjàrẹ́ÈkìtìnameAdó-Èkìtì
Etymology
From ọdún (“festival, holiday”) + ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jẹ (“to eat”) + iṣu (“yam”)
Component words
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ọdun Ijẹṣu”.
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