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Meaning of Ogboo | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ò.ɡ͡bòó

Definitions

  1. a female river deity association with fertility, worshipped by several southern Èkìtì speaking towns, including Èró, Ìjàrẹ́, Àkúrẹ́, Ọ̀bà-Ilé, Ìbulẹ̀-Ṣọ́rọ̀, and Ijù. Ògbòó in southern Èkìtì traditions is often regarded as the youngest and favorite wife of the supreme sky deity, Àbarị̀ṣà, and thus a sister wife of Ọ̀ṣun, Atan, and Olókun.
  2. Ogboo (a river in Nigeria)

Examples

“Ògbòó bùṣà sè, ó relé àlè é rẹ̀”

Ogboo puts the pot of food on the stove, and then visits the home of her lover

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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