"ò-gwṹ" meaning in All languages combined

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        "2": "*ò-",
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        "t2": "to die or kill"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bin",
        "2": "Ogun"
      },
      "expansion": "Edo Ogun",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fon",
        "2": "Gu"
      },
      "expansion": "Fon Gu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "2": "*ò-gwṹ"
      },
      "expansion": "*ò-gwṹ",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igl",
        "2": "ògwú",
        "t": "killer instinct"
      },
      "expansion": "Igala ògwú (“killer instinct”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "idu",
        "2": "ògwú",
        "t": "honor given to a successful hunter or warrior; display of behavior when someone has killed a large animal"
      },
      "expansion": "Idoma ògwú (“honor given to a successful hunter or warrior; display of behavior when someone has killed a large animal”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ig",
        "2": "òdogwu",
        "t": "mighty hunter"
      },
      "expansion": "Igbo òdogwu (“mighty hunter”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-yrd-pro",
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        "t": "to kill"
      },
      "expansion": "*gwṹ (“to kill”)",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "2": "*kú",
        "t": "to kill"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *kú (“to kill”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ig",
        "2": "ògbú",
        "t": "killer"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ig",
        "2": "nwụ",
        "t": "to kill"
      },
      "expansion": "Igbo nwụ (“to kill”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-edo-pro",
        "2": "*ghu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Edoid *ghu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nup",
        "2": "wu"
      },
      "expansion": "Nupe wu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "idd",
        "2": "woot"
      },
      "expansion": "Ede Idaca woot",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "wu"
      },
      "expansion": "Akan wu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kcq",
        "2": "yu"
      },
      "expansion": "Kamo yu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "2": "*ò-kú"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of *ò-kú",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
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        "1": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "2": "*é-gwṹ"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of *é-gwṹ",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From *ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + *gwṹ (“to die or kill”). The concept of Ogun as the embodiment of iron and hunting likely dates to the Iron Age and is present in traditional practices and spirituality of the ethnic groups who speak languages in the Volta-Niger and Benue-Congo language groups. Two groups of cognates exist in Volta-Niger. Among the YEAI group of Volta-Niger (Yoruboid, Edoid, Akokoid, and Igboid) peoples, there exists a deity or god associated with hunting, war, and iron. See Edo Ogun, Fon Gu. However, amongst the other Volta-Niger groups, see Nupoid, Idomoid, and Ebiroid, other cognates maintain an older noun-form of the definition and do not regard *ò-gwṹ as a deity, but rather associate it with the energy and behaviors that are believed to inhabit and be displayed by hunters and warriors. This definition also exists among some Yoruboid groups that were influenced by the Idomoid. See Igala ògwú (“killer instinct”), Idoma ògwú (“honor given to a successful hunter or warrior; display of behavior when someone has killed a large animal”). For more possibly cognates, see Igbo òdogwu (“mighty hunter”). The root term *gwṹ (“to kill”) could be cognate with Volta-Niger language terms for \"kill,\" see Proto-Yoruboid *kú (“to kill”), Igbo ògbú (“killer”) or perhaps Igbo nwụ (“to kill”), Proto-Edoid *ghu, Nupe wu, Ede Idaca woot, Akan wu, Kamo yu.\nDoublet of *ò-kú (corpse) and Doublet of *é-gwṹ",
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      },
      "expansion": "*ò-gwṹ",
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  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Yoruboid",
  "lang_code": "alv-yrd-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/ò-gwṹ",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "killer instinct; energy or behavior displayed by those who have hunted an animal or killed"
      ],
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          "killer instinct"
        ],
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        ],
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          "behavior",
          "behavior"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "killed",
          "killed"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
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        "the honor or glory associated with hunting and war"
      ],
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        [
          "honor",
          "honor"
        ],
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          "glory",
          "glory"
        ],
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          "hunting",
          "hunting"
        ],
        [
          "war",
          "war"
        ]
      ],
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        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ò.ɡʷṹ/"
    }
  ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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    "Ogun"
  ],
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}

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "igl",
            "2": "ògwú",
            "t": "killer instinct"
          },
          "expansion": "Igala: ògwú (“killer instinct”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Igala: ògwú (“killer instinct”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ife",
            "2": "Ògú",
            "t": "deity of iron, hunting"
          },
          "expansion": "Ifè: Ògú (“deity of iron, hunting”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ifè: Ògú (“deity of iron, hunting”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "idd",
            "2": "Ogu"
          },
          "expansion": "Ede Idaca: Ogu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ede Idaca: Ogu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yo",
            "2": "ògún"
          },
          "expansion": "Yoruba: ògún",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yoruba: ògún"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yo",
            "2": "Ògún"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yoruba: Ògún"
    }
  ],
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        "t2": "to die or kill"
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      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bin",
        "2": "Ogun"
      },
      "expansion": "Edo Ogun",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fon",
        "2": "Gu"
      },
      "expansion": "Fon Gu",
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    {
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    {
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    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Idoma ògwú (“honor given to a successful hunter or warrior; display of behavior when someone has killed a large animal”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "òdogwu",
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      "expansion": "Igbo òdogwu (“mighty hunter”)",
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    },
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    {
      "args": {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ig",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ig",
        "2": "nwụ",
        "t": "to kill"
      },
      "expansion": "Igbo nwụ (“to kill”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-edo-pro",
        "2": "*ghu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Edoid *ghu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nup",
        "2": "wu"
      },
      "expansion": "Nupe wu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "idd",
        "2": "woot"
      },
      "expansion": "Ede Idaca woot",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "wu"
      },
      "expansion": "Akan wu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kcq",
        "2": "yu"
      },
      "expansion": "Kamo yu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "2": "*ò-kú"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "2": "*é-gwṹ"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of *é-gwṹ",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
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      },
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  "lang_code": "alv-yrd-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/ò-gwṹ",
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        }
      ],
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        "the energy associated hunting, war, and iron deified as an primordial deity or divinity; precursor to Ogun"
      ],
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          "precursor"
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        {
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          "word": "ɛ́-bɔ"
        }
      ],
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        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ò.ɡʷṹ/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ò-gṹ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Ogun"
  ],
  "word": "ò-gwṹ"
}

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    "Proto-Yoruboid multiword terms",
    "Proto-Yoruboid nouns",
    "Proto-Yoruboid proper nouns",
    "Proto-Yoruboid terms prefixed with *ò- (nominalizing prefix)",
    "Proto-Yoruboid terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Proto-Yoruboid terms with redundant head parameter"
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Idoma ògwú (“honor given to a successful hunter or warrior; display of behavior when someone has killed a large animal”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ig",
        "2": "òdogwu",
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      "name": "cog"
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      "expansion": "*gwṹ (“to kill”)",
      "name": "l"
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    {
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "t": "killer"
      },
      "expansion": "Igbo ògbú (“killer”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ig",
        "2": "nwụ",
        "t": "to kill"
      },
      "expansion": "Igbo nwụ (“to kill”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-edo-pro",
        "2": "*ghu"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Edoid *ghu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nup",
        "2": "wu"
      },
      "expansion": "Nupe wu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "idd",
        "2": "woot"
      },
      "expansion": "Ede Idaca woot",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "wu"
      },
      "expansion": "Akan wu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kcq",
        "2": "yu"
      },
      "expansion": "Kamo yu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "*ò-kú"
      },
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    },
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        "2": "*é-gwṹ"
      },
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      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From *ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + *gwṹ (“to die or kill”). The concept of Ogun as the embodiment of iron and hunting likely dates to the Iron Age and is present in traditional practices and spirituality of the ethnic groups who speak languages in the Volta-Niger and Benue-Congo language groups. Two groups of cognates exist in Volta-Niger. Among the YEAI group of Volta-Niger (Yoruboid, Edoid, Akokoid, and Igboid) peoples, there exists a deity or god associated with hunting, war, and iron. See Edo Ogun, Fon Gu. However, amongst the other Volta-Niger groups, see Nupoid, Idomoid, and Ebiroid, other cognates maintain an older noun-form of the definition and do not regard *ò-gwṹ as a deity, but rather associate it with the energy and behaviors that are believed to inhabit and be displayed by hunters and warriors. This definition also exists among some Yoruboid groups that were influenced by the Idomoid. See Igala ògwú (“killer instinct”), Idoma ògwú (“honor given to a successful hunter or warrior; display of behavior when someone has killed a large animal”). For more possibly cognates, see Igbo òdogwu (“mighty hunter”). The root term *gwṹ (“to kill”) could be cognate with Volta-Niger language terms for \"kill,\" see Proto-Yoruboid *kú (“to kill”), Igbo ògbú (“killer”) or perhaps Igbo nwụ (“to kill”), Proto-Edoid *ghu, Nupe wu, Ede Idaca woot, Akan wu, Kamo yu.\nDoublet of *ò-kú (corpse) and Doublet of *é-gwṹ",
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        "killer instinct; energy or behavior displayed by those who have hunted an animal or killed"
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        "reconstruction"
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      ],
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        ],
        [
          "glory",
          "glory"
        ],
        [
          "hunting",
          "hunting"
        ],
        [
          "war",
          "war"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ò.ɡʷṹ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ò-gṹ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Ogun"
  ],
  "word": "ò-gwṹ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Proto-Yoruboid doublets",
    "Proto-Yoruboid entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Yoruboid lemmas",
    "Proto-Yoruboid multiword terms",
    "Proto-Yoruboid nouns",
    "Proto-Yoruboid proper nouns",
    "Proto-Yoruboid terms prefixed with *ò- (nominalizing prefix)",
    "Proto-Yoruboid terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Proto-Yoruboid terms with redundant head parameter"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "igl",
            "2": "ògwú",
            "t": "killer instinct"
          },
          "expansion": "Igala: ògwú (“killer instinct”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Igala: ògwú (“killer instinct”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ife",
            "2": "Ògú",
            "t": "deity of iron, hunting"
          },
          "expansion": "Ifè: Ògú (“deity of iron, hunting”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ifè: Ògú (“deity of iron, hunting”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "idd",
            "2": "Ogu"
          },
          "expansion": "Ede Idaca: Ogu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ede Idaca: Ogu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yo",
            "2": "ògún"
          },
          "expansion": "Yoruba: ògún",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yoruba: ògún"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yo",
            "2": "Ògún"
          },
          "expansion": "Yoruba: Ògún",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yoruba: Ògún"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "2": "*ò-",
        "3": "*gwṹ",
        "id1": "nominalizing prefix",
        "t1": "nominalizing prefix",
        "t2": "to die or kill"
      },
      "expansion": "*ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + *gwṹ (“to die or kill”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bin",
        "2": "Ogun"
      },
      "expansion": "Edo Ogun",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fon",
        "2": "Gu"
      },
      "expansion": "Fon Gu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "2": "*ò-gwṹ"
      },
      "expansion": "*ò-gwṹ",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igl",
        "2": "ògwú",
        "t": "killer instinct"
      },
      "expansion": "Igala ògwú (“killer instinct”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "idu",
        "2": "ògwú",
        "t": "honor given to a successful hunter or warrior; display of behavior when someone has killed a large animal"
      },
      "expansion": "Idoma ògwú (“honor given to a successful hunter or warrior; display of behavior when someone has killed a large animal”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ig",
        "2": "òdogwu",
        "t": "mighty hunter"
      },
      "expansion": "Igbo òdogwu (“mighty hunter”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "2": "*gwṹ",
        "t": "to kill"
      },
      "expansion": "*gwṹ (“to kill”)",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "2": "*kú",
        "t": "to kill"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *kú (“to kill”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ig",
        "2": "ògbú",
        "t": "killer"
      },
      "expansion": "Igbo ògbú (“killer”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ig",
        "2": "nwụ",
        "t": "to kill"
      },
      "expansion": "Igbo nwụ (“to kill”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-edo-pro",
        "2": "*ghu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Edoid *ghu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nup",
        "2": "wu"
      },
      "expansion": "Nupe wu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "idd",
        "2": "woot"
      },
      "expansion": "Ede Idaca woot",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "wu"
      },
      "expansion": "Akan wu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kcq",
        "2": "yu"
      },
      "expansion": "Kamo yu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "2": "*ò-kú"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of *ò-kú",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "2": "*é-gwṹ"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of *é-gwṹ",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From *ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + *gwṹ (“to die or kill”). The concept of Ogun as the embodiment of iron and hunting likely dates to the Iron Age and is present in traditional practices and spirituality of the ethnic groups who speak languages in the Volta-Niger and Benue-Congo language groups. Two groups of cognates exist in Volta-Niger. Among the YEAI group of Volta-Niger (Yoruboid, Edoid, Akokoid, and Igboid) peoples, there exists a deity or god associated with hunting, war, and iron. See Edo Ogun, Fon Gu. However, amongst the other Volta-Niger groups, see Nupoid, Idomoid, and Ebiroid, other cognates maintain an older noun-form of the definition and do not regard *ò-gwṹ as a deity, but rather associate it with the energy and behaviors that are believed to inhabit and be displayed by hunters and warriors. This definition also exists among some Yoruboid groups that were influenced by the Idomoid. See Igala ògwú (“killer instinct”), Idoma ògwú (“honor given to a successful hunter or warrior; display of behavior when someone has killed a large animal”). For more possibly cognates, see Igbo òdogwu (“mighty hunter”). The root term *gwṹ (“to kill”) could be cognate with Volta-Niger language terms for \"kill,\" see Proto-Yoruboid *kú (“to kill”), Igbo ògbú (“killer”) or perhaps Igbo nwụ (“to kill”), Proto-Edoid *ghu, Nupe wu, Ede Idaca woot, Akan wu, Kamo yu.\nDoublet of *ò-kú (corpse) and Doublet of *é-gwṹ",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": "*ò-gwṹ"
      },
      "expansion": "*ò-gwṹ",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Yoruboid",
  "lang_code": "alv-yrd-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/ò-gwṹ",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "deity, divinity",
      "word": "ɛ́-bɔ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the energy associated hunting, war, and iron deified as an primordial deity or divinity; precursor to Ogun"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "energy",
          "energy"
        ],
        [
          "hunting",
          "hunting"
        ],
        [
          "war",
          "war"
        ],
        [
          "iron",
          "iron"
        ],
        [
          "deified",
          "deified"
        ],
        [
          "primordial",
          "primordial"
        ],
        [
          "deity",
          "deity"
        ],
        [
          "divinity",
          "divinity"
        ],
        [
          "precursor",
          "precursor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ò.ɡʷṹ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ò-gṹ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Ogun"
  ],
  "word": "ò-gwṹ"
}