Arọni

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Yoruba

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Etymology

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Clipping of Àrọ̀nì-gìdìgbà

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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