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Yoruba
Etymology
From ọ̀- + ṣàrà.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ọ̀ṣàrà
- a legendary wife of Oduduwa or Ọ̀ràm̀fẹ̀, she was deified as a river orisha of the town of Ifẹ̀
- a river and fertility deity believed to be the wife of the fire deity Ọ̀ràm̀fẹ̀
- (by extension) a festival held in the town of Ifẹ̀ in the honor of the orisha Ọ̀ṣàrà
Derived terms
References
- Orímóògùnjẹ́, Ọládélé C. The Social Functions of Verbal Arts in the Yorùbá Indigenous Healthcare Practices , 2003