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Yorùbá Dictionary
oṣó noun /ō.ʃó/
Definitions
  1. sorcerer, magician; the male equivalent of àjẹ́
  2. a spiritual symbol of the deity Òrìṣàoko broadly
  3. a spiritual symbol of the deity Òrìṣàoko; a prefix for given names (usually seen as Ṣó-) among the Ẹ̀gbá, Òwu, and Ìjẹ̀bú people who worship Òrìṣàoko broadly
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “oṣó”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
oṣó noun · etym. 2 the plant Parkia bicolor
Etymology
Possibly from o- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ṣó (“to be mean, strict, ruthless”). Cognate with Igala óchú.
Component words
o-nominalizing prefixṣóto be mean, strict, ruthless
Used in
ìwà oṣóOṣóbọ̀wáléÒṣogbonameṢóbáyọ̀Ṣóbọ̀wáléṢódẹ̀ìndéṢódẹkẹ́ṢódíyàṢóẹ̀tànṢókúnbiṢólàńkẹ́ṢósanyàṢóyínkánametanápoṣónounTẹ́júoṣó
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1, where this word is spelled “oṣo”. Reference: en-oṣo-yo-noun-M3uNt4DX