"oogun" meaning in Yoruba

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Noun

IPA: /ōò.ɡũ̀/ Forms: oògùn [canonical]
Etymology: Likely from Contraction of ogùngùn, possibly derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-gũ̀, cognate with Igala ógwù and Igbo ọgwù Etymology templates: {{contraction|yo|ogùngùn}} Contraction of ogùngùn, {{inh|yo|alv-yrd-pro|*ó-gũ̀}} Proto-Yoruboid *ó-gũ̀, {{cog|igl|ógwù}} Igala ógwù, {{cog|ig|ọgwù}} Igbo ọgwù Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=oògùn|head2=}} oògùn, {{yo-pos|noun|oògùn|}} oògùn, {{yo-noun|oògùn}} oògùn
  1. medicine, herbal medicine, drug Synonyms: egbòogi
    Sense id: en-oogun-yo-noun-RPNFWV3z
  2. ritual medicine, supernatural charms or spells, juju; sometimes used to inflict harm or death Synonyms: jùjú
    Sense id: en-oogun-yo-noun--8jjy1WE
  3. (idiomatic) cure, remedy Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-oogun-yo-noun-i117NkgD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ogìgùn (Èkìtì)
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: apòògùn (english: pharmacist, biochemist), ẹlẹ́bọlóògùn, olóògùn (english: a supernatural man whom possess supernatural charms), olóògùn (english: one who sells or makes medicine), oníṣègùn (english: traditional healer, physician), àpótí òògùn wẹ́wẹ̀wẹ́ (english: first aid kit), àrùn kògbóògùn (english: HIV), òògùn akunnilóorun (english: sedative), òògùn apako (english: herbicide), òògùn apakòkòrò (english: pesticide), òògùn apakòkòròrun (english: penicilin), òògùn apolú (english: fungicide), òògùn apàrùn (english: antibiotics), òògùn aràn-inú (english: dewormer medicine), òògùn atanniyọ̀ (english: narcotics), òògùn dúdú [traditional-medicine, medicine, sciences], òògùn olómi (english: syrup), òògùn olóró (english: narcotic), òògùn oníhóró (english: pill), òògùn ìfọrun (english: peroxide), òògùn ìpara (english: lotion)

Noun

IPA: /òó.ɡũ̀/ Forms: òógùn [canonical]
Etymology: Possibly from ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + gígùn (“partial reduplication of gùn "to sweat"”). Ultimately, likely derived from Proto-Yoruboid *(ò)úgwṵ̀, likely formed from *ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + *gwṵ̀ (“to sweat”), cognate with Igala úgwù. Etymology templates: {{l|yo|gùn}} gùn, {{af|yo|ò-|gígùn|t1=nominalizing prefix|t2=partial reduplication of gùn "to sweat"}} ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + gígùn (“partial reduplication of gùn "to sweat"”), {{inh|yo|alv-yrd-pro|*(ò)úgwṵ̀}} Proto-Yoruboid *(ò)úgwṵ̀, {{af|alv-yrd-pro|*ò-|*gwṵ̀|nocat=1|t1=nominalizing prefix|t2=to sweat}} *ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + *gwṵ̀ (“to sweat”), {{cog|igl|úgwù}} Igala úgwù Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=òógùn|head2=}} òógùn, {{yo-pos|noun|òógùn|}} òógùn, {{yo-noun|òógùn}} òógùn
  1. sweat Synonyms: aífó Derived forms: làágùn (english: to sweat)
    Sense id: en-oogun-yo-noun-zarX4Jbd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ogìgùn (Èkìtì)
Etymology number: 2

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  "categories": [],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "pharmacist, biochemist",
      "word": "apòògùn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ẹlẹ́bọlóògùn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "a supernatural man whom possess supernatural charms",
      "word": "olóògùn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "one who sells or makes medicine",
      "word": "olóògùn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "traditional healer, physician",
      "word": "oníṣègùn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "first aid kit",
      "word": "àpótí òògùn wẹ́wẹ̀wẹ́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "HIV",
      "word": "àrùn kògbóògùn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "sedative",
      "word": "òògùn akunnilóorun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "herbicide",
      "word": "òògùn apako"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "pesticide",
      "word": "òògùn apakòkòrò"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "penicilin",
      "word": "òògùn apakòkòròrun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "fungicide",
      "word": "òògùn apolú"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "antibiotics",
      "word": "òògùn apàrùn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "dewormer medicine",
      "word": "òògùn aràn-inú"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "narcotics",
      "word": "òògùn atanniyọ̀"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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        "traditional-medicine",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
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    },
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "narcotic",
      "word": "òògùn olóró"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "pill",
      "word": "òògùn oníhóró"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "peroxide",
      "word": "òògùn ìfọrun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "lotion",
      "word": "òògùn ìpara"
    }
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      "form": "oògùn",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    }
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      ],
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          "herbal medicine",
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "egbòogi"
        }
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      ],
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        [
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        ],
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        ],
        [
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          "inflict"
        ],
        [
          "harm",
          "harm"
        ],
        [
          "death",
          "death"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "jùjú"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "english": "There is no cure for old age",
          "text": "ogbó kò lóògùn",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Èkìtì",
      "word": "ogìgùn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oogun"
}

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      },
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      "name": "l"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "ogìgùn"
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}
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    {
      "english": "pharmacist, biochemist",
      "word": "apòògùn"
    },
    {
      "word": "ẹlẹ́bọlóògùn"
    },
    {
      "english": "a supernatural man whom possess supernatural charms",
      "word": "olóògùn"
    },
    {
      "english": "one who sells or makes medicine",
      "word": "olóògùn"
    },
    {
      "english": "traditional healer, physician",
      "word": "oníṣègùn"
    },
    {
      "english": "first aid kit",
      "word": "àpótí òògùn wẹ́wẹ̀wẹ́"
    },
    {
      "english": "HIV",
      "word": "àrùn kògbóògùn"
    },
    {
      "english": "sedative",
      "word": "òògùn akunnilóorun"
    },
    {
      "english": "herbicide",
      "word": "òògùn apako"
    },
    {
      "english": "pesticide",
      "word": "òògùn apakòkòrò"
    },
    {
      "english": "penicilin",
      "word": "òògùn apakòkòròrun"
    },
    {
      "english": "fungicide",
      "word": "òògùn apolú"
    },
    {
      "english": "antibiotics",
      "word": "òògùn apàrùn"
    },
    {
      "english": "dewormer medicine",
      "word": "òògùn aràn-inú"
    },
    {
      "english": "narcotics",
      "word": "òògùn atanniyọ̀"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "traditional-medicine",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "òògùn dúdú"
    },
    {
      "english": "syrup",
      "word": "òògùn olómi"
    },
    {
      "english": "narcotic",
      "word": "òògùn olóró"
    },
    {
      "english": "pill",
      "word": "òògùn oníhóró"
    },
    {
      "english": "peroxide",
      "word": "òògùn ìfọrun"
    },
    {
      "english": "lotion",
      "word": "òògùn ìpara"
    }
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        {
          "word": "egbòogi"
        }
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    {
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        "ritual medicine, supernatural charms or spells, juju; sometimes used to inflict harm or death"
      ],
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        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
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        ],
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          "charms",
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        [
          "spells",
          "spells"
        ],
        [
          "juju",
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        ],
        [
          "inflict",
          "inflict"
        ],
        [
          "harm",
          "harm"
        ],
        [
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          "death"
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        {
          "word": "jùjú"
        }
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        {
          "english": "There is no cure for old age",
          "text": "ogbó kò lóògùn",
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        }
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      ],
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        ]
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        "(idiomatic) cure, remedy"
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ōò.ɡũ̀/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "Èkìtì",
      "word": "ogìgùn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oogun"
}

{
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    "Yoruba nouns",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
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    {
      "english": "to sweat",
      "word": "làágùn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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      },
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      "name": "l"
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      },
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    },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "t2": "to sweat"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly from ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + gígùn (“partial reduplication of gùn \"to sweat\"”). Ultimately, likely derived from Proto-Yoruboid *(ò)úgwṵ̀, likely formed from *ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + *gwṵ̀ (“to sweat”), cognate with Igala úgwù.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "òógùn",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "òógùn",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "òógùn",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "òógùn",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "òógùn",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "òógùn"
      },
      "expansion": "òógùn",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sweat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sweat",
          "sweat"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "aífó"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/òó.ɡũ̀/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "Èkìtì",
      "word": "ogìgùn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oogun"
}

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