"Yemowo" meaning in Yoruba

See Yemowo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /jē.mò.wó/, /jé.mò.wó/ Forms: Yemòwó [canonical], Yémòwó [canonical]
Etymology: From iye/iya (“mother”) + mòwó (“Mawu”), literally “Mother Mòwó”. See Măwŭ Etymology templates: {{compound|yo|iye/iya|mòwó|lit=Mother Mòwó|t1=mother|t2=Mawu}} iye/iya (“mother”) + mòwó (“Mawu”), literally “Mother Mòwó” Head templates: {{head|yo|proper noun|head=Yemòwó|head2=}} Yemòwó, {{yo-pos|proper noun|Yemòwó}} Yemòwó, {{yo-prop|Yemòwó}} Yemòwó, {{head|yo|proper noun|head=Yémòwó|head2=}} Yémòwó, {{yo-pos|proper noun|Yémòwó}} Yémòwó, {{yo-prop|Yémòwó}} Yémòwó
  1. in the ancestral Ifẹ̀ religion, a supreme creator deity/goddess regarded as the consort of the sky deity Ọbàtálá (then known as Òrìṣà). She is likely equivalent to Mawu in the Dahomean religion Categories (topical): Culture, Yoruba religion
    Sense id: en-Yemowo-yo-name-7MqzMXyg Disambiguation of Culture: 49 51 Disambiguation of Yoruba religion: 56 44 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28 Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 74 26
  2. a divinity who is the wife of the deity of purity and creation, Ọbàtálá Categories (topical): Culture
    Sense id: en-Yemowo-yo-name-0VHaGJWR Disambiguation of Culture: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Yemòó
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