Ajalemogun

Yoruba

Etymology

Many folk etymologies attempt to explain the origin of the name, such as Blend of ajá (“dog”) +‎ ni (“is”) +‎ mọ̀ (“to know”) +‎ Ògún (“Ogun”), literally “It is the dog that knows Ògún” or Blend of àjà (“small iron bells”) +‎ ulé (“home”) +‎ mọ̀ (“to know”) +‎ Ògún (“Ogun”), literally “The spiritual bells that are from Ògún”. Compare with Ìrèmògún, Ẹkímògún

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.d͡ʒà.lé.mò.ɡṹ/

Proper noun

Àjàlémògún

  1. (Ekiti) an Earth spirit (imọlẹ̀) or orisha. He is the guardian spirit of the town of Ìlárá-Mọ̀kín and other Èkìtì towns
  2. (by extension) a festival held in honor of Àjàlémògún.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.