ọsan

See also: osan and osán

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Compare with Olukumi ọhàn

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.sã̀/

Noun

ọsàn

orange (fruit)

Synonyms

Yoruba varieties and languages: ọsàn (“orange”)
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Language family	Variety group	Variety/language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Eastern Àkókó	Ọ̀kà Àkókó	Àgbá-Ọ̀kà	ùroǹbó
				Ìkànmù-Ọ̀kà	ùroǹbó
				Ọ̀kà-Odò	ùrẹ̀ǹbó
				Ìbàkà-Ọ̀kà	ùroǹbó
		Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	erèm̀bó
		Oǹdó		Oǹdó	àlùmọ́yẹ̀n
		Usẹn		Usẹn	àlìmóyì
	Ìtsẹkírì			Ìwẹrẹ	ọ̀sà
	Olùkùmi			Ugbódù	ọhàn
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ọsọ̀n, gụ̀dụ̀gbá, òròǹbó
	Northwest Yoruba	Èkó		Èkó	ọsàn
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	ọsàn
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	ọsàn
		Oǹkó		Òtù	ọsẹ̀n
				Ìwéré Ilé	ọsẹ̀n
				Òkèhò	ọsẹ̀n
				Ìsẹ́yìn	ọsẹ̀n
				Ṣakí	ọsẹ̀n
				Tedé	ọsẹ̀n
				Ìgbẹ́tì	ọsẹ̀n
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	ọsàn
				Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́)	ọsàn
				Ìkirè	ọsàn
				Ìwó	ọsàn
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	ọsàn, òrom̀bó
		Standard Yorùbá		Bɛ̀nɛ̀	ɔsàn, òrom̀bó
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìbùnú		Bùnú	ìlèmù
		Ìjùmú		Ìjùmú	ìlèmù
		Ìyàgbà		Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó	ìlèmù
		Owé		Kabba	ìlèmù
		Ọ̀wọ́rọ̀		Lọ́kọ́ja	àlèmù
	Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ifɛ̀		Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)	iŋɔtí
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.

Derived terms

omi ọsàn (“orange juice”)
ọsàn wẹ́wẹ́ (“lime”)

Etymology 2

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ̀-sã́, possibly from ọ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ sán (“to shine powerfully, to strike, to be powerful”). Cognate with Igala ọ̀rọ́ka, Itsekiri ọ̀sọ́n.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.sã́/

Noun

ọ̀sán

midday, afternoon (noon to 4pm)

Derived terms

káàsán
ọ̀sọ̀ọ̀sán
ọ̀sán gangan
ọ̀sándòru

Etymology 3

Ọsán dùndún (1)

A: Ọsán ọrun (2)

From ọ- (“nominalising prefix”) +‎ sán (“to tie”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.sã́/

Noun

ọsán

(music) leather strings on the side of a drum to maintain tension of the skin (awọ) (in particular) talking drum strings made from the hide of a calf or underside of a mature cow.
(archery) bowstring
Ọsán tó já ló sọ ọrun di ọ̀pá. ― The bowstring that got broken was what turned the bow into a stick.

Derived terms

ọsán ìnàró
ọsán ìwérùn
ọsán já ọrun dọ̀pá