Alápadúpẹ́
name
/ā.lá.k͡pā.dú.k͡pɛ́/
Definitions
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a euphemistic nickname for the deity of smallpox (Ṣànpọ̀nná). Because the disease was so widely feared it was forbidden for there to show any signs of affection, less they anger the deity who may inflict the disease on others.
Similar wordsṢọ̀npọ̀nnọ́name 2 entries are spelled “Ṣọ̀npọ̀nnọ́”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. Ṣọ̀npọ̀nnọ́ alternative form of Ṣànpọ̀nná (“the widely feared deity associated with smallpox and other infectious diseases, known euphemistically as Ọbalúayé”) Ṣànpọ̀nná a widely feared deity associated with smallpox and other infectious diseases, pandemics, but he is regarded as the bringer of the dry season, sunlight, and in some traditions, of healing, biomedicine. He is known euphemistically as Ọbalúayé ỌbalúayénameOlódeOlúayéÈgbónáname
Etymology
From oní (“one who has”) + a- (“agent prefix”) + pa (“to kill”) + dúpẹ́ (“to thank”), literally “The one who kills and is then thanked”
Component words
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Alapadupẹ”.
Reference:
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