Ṣọ̀npọ̀nnọ́
name
/ʃɔ̃̀.k͡pɔ̃̀.nɔ́/
Ṣànpọ̀nná (alternative)
Definitions
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alternative form of Ṣànpọ̀nná (“the widely feared deity associated with smallpox and other infectious diseases, known euphemistically as Ọbalúayé”)
Similar words
Etymology
From ṣọ̀npọ̀nnọ́ (“smallpox”).
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.
SakpataFon
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Ṣọnpọnnọ”.
Reference:
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