ogun
noun
/ō.ɡũ̄/
spelling unconfirmed
Definitions
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war, battle (physical or mental)
ogun àgbáyé world warOgun ti ja gbogbo ilú wa. A war has ravaged all of our cities.Ìlérí ilé kò mọ ti à ń jagun; kùfẹ̀kùfẹ̀ kò mọ ìjà; ijọ́ tí a bá rí ogun là á mọ ojo. Boasting at home has nothing to do with waging a war; bragging has nothing to do with fighting; it is the day of battle that we know the coward. (proverb against boasting or bragging)Ọ̀rẹ́ẹ̀ mí gbogun tì mí lẹ́nu iṣẹ́. My friend was waging a war against me at work.Used inadágundúródàgbàlagbàaságunẹgbẹ́ ọmọ-ogunẹgbẹ́ ọmọ-ogun orí-omiẹgbẹ́ ọmọ-ogun òfuurufújagun-jagunogun abẹ́lénounogun-àjàkúakátáogunkógunológunnounOlógunolórí ogun
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “ogun”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Etymology
Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-gwũ. Cognates include Ifè ogu, Igala ógwu, and Olukumi ogun. Likely related to Nupe ekun and Gbari ekun.
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
ogunGullahogúnLucumíogunTrinidadian Creole English
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “ogun”.
Reference:
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