oògùn
noun
/ōò.ɡũ̀/
ogìgùn (alternative)
Definitions
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medicine, herbal medicine, drug
Similar words
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ritual medicine, supernatural charms or spells, juju; sometimes used to inflict harm or death
Similar wordsjùjú
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cure, remedy
ogbó kò lóògùn There is no cure for old age
Etymology
Likely a contraction of ogùngùn, possibly derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-gũ̀, cognate with Igala ógwù and Igbo ọgwù.
Used in
apòògùnnounàpótí òògùn wẹ́wẹ̀wẹ́àrùn kògbóògùnnounẹlẹ́bọlóògùnolóògùnolóògùnoníṣègùnnounòògùn akunnilóorunòògùn apakooògùn apakòkòrònounòògùn apakòkòròrunòògùn apàrùnòògùn apolúòògùn aràn-inúòògùn atanniyọ̀òògùn dúdúòògùn ìfọrunòògùn ìparaòògùn olómiòògùn olóróòògùn oníhóró
Possibly used in
We are not certain about these, for one of two reasons.
Wiktionary says some of them were built from a word spelled like this one, without saying which meaning, so we show each under every meaning it could have come from.
The rest are spelled a little differently from anything here — a tone mark or an underdot apart — so we cannot tell a misspelling of this word from a word that has no page yet.
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òògùn apakòkòròpesticide
Wiktionary points at “òògùn apakòkòrò”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “oògùn apakòkòrò”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “òògùn apakòkòrò” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
oògùn apakòkòrò
pesticide; insecticide
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “oogun”.
Reference:
en-oogun-yo-noun-RPNFWV3z