oṣo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oso"

Gun

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.ʃó/

Noun

oṣó (plural oṣó lẹ) (Nigeria)

1. nail

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Possibly from o- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ṣó (“to be mean, strict, ruthless”). Cognate with Igala óchú.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.ʃó/

Noun

oṣó

1. sorcerer, magician; the male equivalent of àjẹ́
2. (by extension) a spiritual symbol of the deity Òrìṣàoko
   1. a prefix for given names (usually seen as Ṣó-) among the Ẹ̀gbá, Òwu, and Ìjẹ̀bú people who worship Òrìṣàoko

Derived terms

• Oṣóbọ̀wálé
• Ṣóbọ̀wálé (“a given name meaning, "the sorcerer has returned home."”)
• Ṣóbáyọ̀ (“a given name meaning, "the sorcerer has met joy"”)
• Ṣódẹkẹ́ (“a given name meaning, "the sorcerer has become the rafters of a house."”)
• Ṣódẹ̀ìndé (“a given name meaning, "the sorcerer returns from the past."”)
• Ṣódíyà (“a given name meaning, "the sorcerer has blocked suffering."”)
• Ṣóẹ̀tàn
• Ṣókúnbi (“a given name meaning, "the sorcerer is added to a family."”)
• Ṣólàńkẹ́ (“a given name meaning, "it is a sorcerer that we are caring for."”)
• Ṣósanyà (“a given name meaning, "the sorcerer has paid the price for my suffering."”)
• Ṣóyínká (“a given name meaning, "the sorcerer surrounds me"”)
• Tẹ́júoṣó (“a given name meaning, "stare/admire the sorcerer."”)
• ìwà oṣó (“sorcery”)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.ʃó/

Noun

oṣó

1. the plant Parkia bicolor

Etymology 3

From ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ṣó (“to squat”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.ʃó/

Noun

òṣó

1. squat; the act of squatting

Derived terms

• lóṣòó (“to squat”)
• Òṣómàáló