oghun

== Yoruba == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ò.ɣũ̄/ ==== Pronoun ==== òghun (Ilajẹ, Ikalẹ) Ìlàjẹ and Ìkálẹ̀ form of òun (“he; she; it (emphatic third-person singular personal pronoun)”) === Etymology 2 === Older form for the term salt only found in Northeast and Southeast Yoruba dialects. See Igala ómu, Ifè oŋu, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-ɓũ. The form likely referred to an indigenous salt, perhaps related to rock salt or halite, which was later replaced by salt imported from the North. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ō.ɣũ̄/ ==== Noun ==== oghun (Owe, Ọwọ, Ondo, Ilajẹ) salt Mú oghun díẹ hí ọ̀bẹ̀ ghìn lọ́wọ́ inọ́ ― Put a little salt in the soup on the fire ===== Synonyms =====