Yemọja
name
/jē.mɔ̃̄.d͡ʒā/
spelling unconfirmed
Definitions
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A powerful river orisha of creation, water, fertility, motherhood, sometimes regarded as the adoptive mother of all the orisha. She is believed to be the spirit of the Ògùn river.
Similar wordsYèyé omiOlúẹriOlódoUsed inoníyemọja
Etymology
From iye (“mother”) + ọmọ (“child”) + ẹja (“fish”), literally “Mother of the fishes”, this etymology is also said to be a metaphor relating to the fact that Yemọja is a mother to children as numerous as all the fish of the oceans.
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.
YemayáLucumíYemojaEnglishIemanjáPortugueseIemenjáPortugueseYemanjáPortugueseYemayáSpanishYemalláSpanish
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Yemọja”.
Reference:
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