Arọni

Yoruba

Etymology

Clipping of Àrọ̀nì-gìdìgbà

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.ɾɔ̀.nĩ̀/

Noun

Àrọ̀nì

1. An orisha of the forest, including the use of herbs and medicinal charms. She is said to have the head and tail of a dog, a single leg, with the rest of her body being human. She is a close associate of Ọ̀sanyìn.

References

• Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎^[1], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN