Ogboo

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Yoruba

Etymology

Probably a deletion of the /w/ from an unattested term, Ògbòwó

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ògbòó

  1. a female river deity association with fertility, worshipped by several southern Èkìtì speaking towns, including Èró, Ìjàrẹ́, Àkúrẹ́, Ọ̀bà-Ilé, Ìbulẹ̀-Ṣọ́rọ̀, and Ijù. Ògbòó in southern Èkìtì traditions is often regarded as the youngest and favorite wife of the supreme sky deity, Àbarị̀ṣà, and thus a sister wife of Ọ̀ṣun, Atan, and Olókun.
    Ògbòó bùṣà sè, ó relé àlè é rẹ̀
    Ogboo puts the pot of food on the stove, and then visits the home of her lover
    (praise song of Ògbòó)
  2. Ogboo (a river in Nigeria)