Ọgbẹsẹ

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ̀.ɡ͡bɛ̀.sɛ̀/

Noun

Ọ̀gbẹ̀sẹ̀

  1. an androgynous water deity (ụmọlẹ̀ or òrìṣà), regarded as a son of Olókun and associated with fertility and the Ọ̀gbẹ̀sẹ̀ river that runs in Èkìtì and Oǹdó states. It is regarded as being female or male in different traditions.
  2. a river in Nigeria

Derived terms

  • Ayédé-Ọ̀gbẹ̀sẹ̀ (“a town in Southwestern Nigeria”)
  • ọlọ́gbẹ̀sẹ̀ (“a priestess of the Ogbese river”)
  • Ọlọ́gbẹ̀sẹ̀
  • Ọ̀gbẹ̀sẹ́dáhùnsi
  • Ọ̀gbẹ̀sẹ́dáhùnsi (“a Yoruba name meaning "Ogbese answered me”)
  • Ọ̀gbẹ̀sẹ́lúsì (“a Yoruba name meaning "Ogbese is notable"”)
  • Ọ̀gbẹ̀sẹ́sanmí (“a Yoruba name meaning "Ogbese rewards me"”)
  • Ọ̀gbẹ̀sẹ́tóre (“a Yoruba name meaning "Ogbese is worthy of goodness"”)
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