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Yoruba
Etymology
Among the archaic terms for "king," "monarch," or "leader," originally widespread in most Yoruba dialects, now mainly restricted to oral poetry (oríkì), songs of deities like Ògún, and use in old Ìjẹ̀bú names and surnames like Ọ̀ṣínbàjò or Ọ̀ṣínnọ́wọ̀.
The term seemed to have been used quite commonly among the Ìjẹ̀bú, while it has been archaic in most other dialects, (especially the non-nasalized form ọṣì).
See òdío, which is a similar archaic term for king among the Èkìtì and Ìkàrẹ́ people.
Pronunciation
Noun
ọṣìn or ọ̀ṣín
- (archaic, Ijebu) king, leader; the first person to a location
- Synonyms: ọba, ọwá, olú, ọlọ́jà, òdío
Ògún lákáayé ọṣìn imọlẹ̀- Ògún lákáayé, leader of the deities
- Ọ̀ṣínbàjò (“Yoruba name meaning The king has returned from a journey”)
- Ọ̀ṣínnọ́wọ̀ (“Yoruba name meaning The king has honor”)
- Ọṣìnbọ̀wálé (“Yoruba name meaning The king has returned home”)
- Ọṣíndélé (“Yoruba name meaning The king arrived home”)
- Ọṣínfẹkúnwẹ̀dé (“Yoruba name”)