ọsán
noun
/ɔ̄.sã́/
Definitions
- leather strings on the side of a drum to maintain tension of the skin (awọ) (in particular) talking drum strings made from the hide of a calf or underside of a mature cow.
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bowstring
Ọsán tó já ló sọ ọrun di ọ̀pá. The bowstring that got broken was what turned the bow into a stick.
Etymology
From ọ- (“nominalising prefix”) + sán (“to tie”).
Component words
ọ-nominalising prefix
sánto tie
2 entries are spelled “sán”. The etymology calls it “to tie”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
sán
to thunder
sán
to crack; to split
Used in
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 3,
where this word is spelled “ọsan”.
Reference:
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