Ègbóná
name
/è.ɡ͡bó.nã́/
Definitions
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a euphemistic name for the deity of smallpox (Ṣànpọ̀nná)
Similar wordsIlẹ̀ Tútù Ṣọ̀npọ̀nnọ́name 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 Ilẹ̀égbónáỌbalúayénameOlóde
Etymology
From ègbóná (“smallpox”), ultimately from è- (“nominalizing prefix”) + gbóná (“to be hot; to become hot”)
Component words
è-nominalizing prefixgbónáto be hot; to become hot
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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.
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Egbona”.
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