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== Yoruba == === Etymology 1 === Compare with Olukumi ọhàn ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɔ̄.sã̀/ ==== Noun ==== ọsàn orange (fruit) ===== Synonyms ===== ===== 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 === 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