oghun
Yoruba
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ò.ɣũ̄/
Pronoun
òghun
- (Ìlàjẹ, 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 Eastern 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
- (Owe) salt
- Synonym: iyọ̀
- Mú oghun díẹ hí ọ̀bẹ̀ ghìn lọ́wọ́ inọ́ ― Put a little salt in the soup on the fire