oghun

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.ɣũ̄/

Pronoun

òghun

1. (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

1. (Owe, Ọwọ, Ondo, Ilajẹ) salt

   Mú oghun díẹ hí ọ̀bẹ̀ ghìn lọ́wọ́ inọ́ ― Put a little salt in the soup on the fire

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - iyọ̀ (“salt”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	iyọ̀
			Rẹ́mọ	Ìkòròdú	oghun
				Ṣágámù	oghun
		Ìlàjẹ		Mahin	oghun
		Oǹdó		Oǹdó	oghun
		Ọ̀wọ̀		Ọ̀wọ̀	oghun
	Ìtsẹkírì			Ìwẹrẹ	uwanguẹ́
	Olùkùmi			Ugbódù	ówún
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ịyọ̀
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	ịyọ̀
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	ịyọ̀
		Ìgbómìnà		Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún	iyọ̀
				Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA	iyọ̀
				Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA	iyọ̀
				Ìsin LGA	iyọ̀
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì		Èbúté Mẹ́tà	iyọ̀
		Èkó		Èkó	iyọ̀
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	iyọ̀
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	iyọ̀
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	iyọ̀
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	iyọ̀
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	iyɔ̀
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Owé		Kabba	oghun
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ana		Sokode	owũ
		Cábɛ̀ɛ́		Cábɛ̀ɛ́	iyɔ̀
				Tchaourou	iyɔ̀
		Ìcà		Bantè	iyɔ̀
		Ìdàácà	Benin	Igbó Ìdàácà	owun
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	iyɔ̀
				Onigbolo	iyɔ̀
			Ẹ̀gbádò	Ìjàká	iyọ̀
			Kétu/Ànàgó	Kétu	iyɔ̀
		Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	owũ
				Atakpamé	owũ
				Boko	owũ
				Moretan	owũ
				Tchetti	oŋu
		Kura		Awotébi	ómú
				Partago	íní, ínú
		Mɔ̄kɔ́lé		Kandi	imu
		Northern Nago		Kambole	iyɔ̀
				Manigri	iyɔ̀
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.