ọsan

Yoruba

Etymology 1
Òǹtajà tí ń bó ọsàn.

Compare with Olukumi ọhàn

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ̄.sã̀/

Noun

ọsàn

  1. orange (fruit)
Synonyms
Yoruba varieties (orange fruit)
Language Family Variety Group Variety Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY Southeast Yoruba Ìjẹ̀bú erèm̀bó
Ìkálẹ̀ -
Ìlàjẹ -
Oǹdó àlùmọ́yẹ̀n
Ọ̀wọ̀ -
Usẹn àlìmóyì
Proto-Yoruba Central Yoruba Èkìtì ọsọ̀n gụ̀dụ̀gbá, òròǹbó
Ifẹ̀ -
Ìgbómìnà -
Ìjẹ̀ṣà -
Western Àkókó
Northwest Yoruba Àwórì ọsàn
Ẹ̀gbá -
Ìbàdàn ọsàn
Òǹkò ọsàn
Ọ̀yọ́ ọsàn
Standard Yorùbá ọsàn, òrom̀bó
Northeast Yoruba/Okun Ìbùnú ìlèmù
Ìjùmú ìlèmù
Ìyàgbà ìlèmù
Owé ìlèmù
Ọ̀wọ̀rọ̀ àlèmù
Derived terms
  • omi ọsàn (“orange juice”)
  • ọsàn wẹ́wẹ́ (“lime”)

Etymology 2
Ọ̀sán

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

  1. midday, afternoon (noon to 4pm)
Derived terms

Etymology 3
Ọsán dùndún (1)
A: Ọsán ọrun (2)

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ̄.sã́/

Noun

ọsán

  1. (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.
  2. (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
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