Ṣànpọ̀nná
name
/ʃã̀.k͡pɔ̃̀.nã́/
Ṣọ̀npọ̀nnọ́ (alternative)
Definitions
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a widely feared deity associated with smallpox and other infectious diseases, pandemics, but he is regarded as the bringer of the dry season, sunlight, and in some traditions, of healing, biomedicine. He is known euphemistically as Ọbalúayé
Similar words
Etymology
From ṣànpọ̀nná (“smallpox”).
Derived 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.
SakpataFon
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Ṣanpọnna”.
Reference:
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