Ìwọ Pópó
name
/ì.wɔ̄ k͡pó.k͡pó/
Definitions
- a sacred ritual held in the beginning of August that signifies the start of the Osun-Osogbo festival (ọdún Ọ̀ṣun-Òṣogbo), it consisting of a traditional spiritual cleansing of the town and the roads.
Etymology
From ìwọ + pópó, ultimately from ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + wọ (“to enter”) + pópó (“street, junction, road”), literally “The act of entering into the roads”.
Component words
Wiktionary records 2 different ways of breaking this word down. Each line is one of them, not a further part.
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Iwọ Popo”.
Reference:
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