ṣẹlẹru
Yoruba
Alternative forms
- sẹ́lẹ̀rú
Etymology
From Clipping of ìṣẹ́lẹ̀rú, ultimately from ṣẹ́ (“to gush or burst forth suddenly”) + ilẹ̀ (“land”) + rú (“to sprout”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɛ́.lɛ̀.ɾú/
Noun
ṣẹ́lẹ̀rú
- creek; brook; spring
- Synonym: ìṣẹ́lẹ̀rú
- Ṣẹ́lẹ̀rú àgbo, àgbàrá àgbo l'Ọ́ṣun fi ń wẹmọ rẹ̀ kí dókítà ó tó dé
- Spring of herbal medicine, flowing waters of herbal medicine, this is what Ọ̀ṣun used to bath her children before western medicine came