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Yorùbá Dictionary
Ègbóná name /è.ɡ͡bó.nã́/
Definitions
  1. a euphemistic name for the deity of smallpox (Ṣànpọ̀nná) euphemisticobsoleteproscribed
Etymology
From ègbóná (“smallpox”), ultimately from è- (“nominalizing prefix”) + gbóná (“to be hot; to become hot”)
Component words
è-nominalizing prefixgbónáto be hot; to become hot
Source: Wiktionary, where this word is spelled “Egbona”. Reference: en-Egbona-yo-name-FYPgAWM4