oghun

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.ɣũ̄/

Pronoun

òghun

1. (Ilajẹ, Ikalẹ) Ìlàjẹ and Ìkálẹ̀ form of òun (“he; she; it (emphatic third-person singular personal pronoun)”)

Etymology 2

Older form for the term salt only found in Northeast and Southeast Yoruba dialects. See Igala ómu, Ifè oŋu, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-ɓũ. The form likely referred to an indigenous salt, perhaps related to rock salt or halite, which was later replaced by salt imported from the North.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.ɣũ̄/

Noun

oghun

1. (Owe, Ọwọ, Ondo, Ilajẹ) salt

   Synonym: iyọ̀

   Mú oghun díẹ hí ọ̀bẹ̀ ghìn lọ́wọ́ inọ́ ― Put a little salt in the soup on the fire