ogun

== Yoruba == === Etymology 1 === Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-gwũ. Cognates include Ifè ogu, Igala ógwu, and Olukumi ogun. Likely related to Nupe ekun and Gbari ekun. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ō.ɡũ̄/ ==== Noun ==== ogun war, battle (physical or mental) ogun àgbáyé ― world war ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Gullah: ogun → Lucumí: ogún → Trinidadian Creole English: ogun === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ō.ɡũ̄/ ==== Noun ==== ogun a black mangrove tree (Avicennia africana) === Etymology 3 === Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ōgwṵ́. Cognates include Ifè ogú, Igbo ọgụ, Igala ógwú, Itsekiri ogun, and Olukumi ọgbọ. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ō.ɡṹ/ ==== Numeral ==== ogún twenty ogún náírà ― twenty naira Synonym: okòó (after a noun) twentieth ===== Usage notes ===== Since this number does not have a m-based form, similar to other multiples of ten afterwards, if it's describing a total number of items, it comes before the noun. ọmọ ogún ọdún ni mi. – I am twenty years old. ọmọ ọdún méjìlélógún ni mi. – I am twenty-two years old. However, if it is describing an ordinal sequence, it comes after the noun. Ọmọ ogún l'ó jẹ́. – He's the twentieth child. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Lucumí: ogún === Etymology 4 === Cognates include Ifè ogú and Igala ógwú, from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-gwṹ. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ō.ɡṹ/ ==== Noun ==== ogún heritage, inheritance, legacy owó-orí sísan lórí ogún ― inheritance tax ===== Derived terms ===== === References === Anderson, Gregory D.S., Bolanle Arokoyo and K. David Harrison. 2012. Olùkùmi Talking Dictionary. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/olukumi Awoyale, Yiwola (19 December 2008), Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎[5], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (1992), Quadrilingual Glossary of Legislative Terms (English-Hausa-Igbo-Yoruba), Lagos: Federal Cabinet Office and Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council Salem Ǒchála È̩jè̩bá (2016), A Grammar of Ígálâ, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria: The Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN), →ISBN SIL International (2016), Dictionnaire Ifè‎[6] (in French)