Ọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀sì
name
/ɔ̀.ʃɔ́ɔ̀.sì/
Ọ̀ṣọ́sì (alternative), Ọ̀ṣọ́òsì (alternative), Ẹ̀ṣọ́ùsì (alternative)
Definitions
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Oshosi, the orisha of hunting, warriors, and strategy. He is regarded as an assistant and brother of the deity Ògún. As a primordial deity, (irúnmọlẹ̀), he is known as Ogídò
Similar wordsỌdẹỌ̀ṣọ́OgídòUsed inọlọ́ṣọ́ọ̀sìRelated wordsọlọ́dẹ
Etymology
Possibly from a contraction of Ọ̀ṣọ́wùsì, ultimately from ọ̀- (nominalizing prefix) + ṣọ́ (“to guard, to watch”) + wùsì (“to grow in prominence or influence”), literally “the warrior that grows in prominence”. This etymology seems likely given the Ekiti form Ẹ̀ṣọ́ùsì.
Component words
ọ̀-ṣọ́to guard, to watchwùsìto grow in prominence or influence
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
OxóssiPortuguese
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Ọṣọọsi”.
Reference:
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