Ogboo

Yoruba

Etymology

Probably a deletion of the /w/ from an unattested term, Ògbòwó

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.ɡ͡bòó/

Proper noun

Ògbòó

1. a female river deity association with fertility, worshipped by several southern Èkìtì speaking towns, including Èró, Ìjàrẹ́, Àkúrẹ́, Ọ̀bà-Ilé, Ìbulẹ̀-Ṣọ́rọ̀, and Ijù. Ògbòó in southern Èkìtì traditions is often regarded as the youngest and favorite wife of the supreme sky deity, Àbarị̀ṣà, and thus a sister wife of Ọ̀ṣun, Atan, and Olókun.

   Ògbòó bùṣà sè, ó relé àlè é rẹ̀

   Ogboo puts the pot of food on the stove, and then visits the home of her lover

   (praise song of Ògbòó)

2. Ogboo (a river in Nigeria)

Related terms

• Atan
• Olókun
• Ọ̀ṣun
• Ọ̀gbẹ̀sẹ̀