Ọ̀ṣun
name
/ɔ̀.ʃũ̄/
Ọ̀sun (alternative)
Definitions
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Oshun, an orisha in Yoruba religion, she is regarded as the Yoruba deity of fertility, freshwater, love, beauty, motherhood, healing, and jewelry, and is the spirit of the Osun river.
Ìṣẹ́lẹ̀rú àgbo, àgbàrá àgbo, l'Ọ̀ṣún fi ń womọ ọ rẹ̀ kí dókítà ó tóó dé The freshwater turned into a potion, the drainage water turned into a potion, this is was what Ọ̀ṣun used to cure her children before western doctors arrivedSimilar wordsUsed inọlọ́ṣunnounỌ̀ṣun ÒṣogboỌ̀ṣún-pípèỌ̀ṣúnbùnmiỌ̀ṣúndíyàỌ̀ṣúnfúnkẹ́Ọ̀ṣúngbẹ́kúnỌ̀ṣúngbèmíỌ̀ṣúnrìndéỌ̀ṣúntókunnameỌ̀ṣúnwẹ̀ẹ̀déỌ̀ṣúnyọmíYèyé Ọ̀ṣun
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “Ọ̀ṣun”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Etymology
From ọ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ṣun (“to ooze, to flow from”), literally “The one who water flows from”.
Component words
ọ̀-nominalizing prefixṣunto ooze, to flow from
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
OxumPortugueseOsunEnglishOshunEnglishOshúnLucumí
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “Ọṣun”.
Reference:
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