ogún
num
/ō.ɡṹ/
Definitions
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twenty
ogún náírà twenty nairaEélòó ni ìwé yìí? — Ogún dọ́là ni. How much is this book? — It's twenty dollars.Ogún ọmọ ni mo bí, ọmọọ koríko; ọgbọ̀n ọmọ ni mo bí, ọmọ èrùwà; kàkà kì a bí ẹgbàá ọ̀bùn, bí a bí ọ̀kan ṣoṣo ọ̀gá, ó tó. (If I boast that) it was twenty children that I gave birth to, they are weeds children; (if I boast that) it was thirty children that I gave birth to, they are grass children; rather than give birth to two thousand children, if we give birth to one distinguished children, that is enough. (proverb on quality children)
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twenty; twentieth
Ojú ewé kelòó l'a kà kẹ́hìn? — Ojú ewé ogún l'a kà. Which page did we read last? — We read the twentieth page last.
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “ogún”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Etymology
Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ōgwṵ́. Cognates include Ifè ogú, Igbo ọgụ, Igala ógwú, Itsekiri ogun, and Olukumi ọgbọ.
Used in
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Source: Wiktionary · etymology 3,
where this word is spelled “ogun”.
Reference:
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