Ọgbẹsẹ

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.ɡ͡bɛ̀.sɛ̀/

Noun

Ọ̀gbẹ̀sẹ̀

1. an androgynous water deity (ụmọlẹ̀ or òrìṣà), regarded as a son of Olókun and associated with fertility and the Ọ̀gbẹ̀sẹ̀ river that runs in Èkìtì and Oǹdó states. It is regarded as being female or male in different traditions.
2. A river in Nigeria

Derived terms

• Ayédé-Ọ̀gbẹ̀sẹ̀ (“a town in Southwestern Nigeria”)
• Ọlọ́gbẹ̀sẹ̀
• ọlọ́gbẹ̀sẹ̀ (“a priestess of the Ogbese river”)
• Ọ̀gbẹ̀sẹ́dáhùnsi
• Ọ̀gbẹ̀sẹ́dáhùnsi (“a Yoruba name meaning "Ogbese answered me”)
• Ọ̀gbẹ̀sẹ́lúsì (“a Yoruba name meaning "Ogbese is notable"”)
• Ọ̀gbẹ̀sẹ́sanmí (“a Yoruba name meaning "Ogbese rewards me"”)
• Ọ̀gbẹ̀sẹ́tóre (“a Yoruba name meaning "Ogbese is worthy of goodness"”)