Ògúnyẹmí

Pronunciation

Meaning of Ògúnyẹmí

1. Ògún befits me. 2. Herbs/medicine benefit me.

Extended Meaning

For the second meaning, the second syllable in the name is stretched to realise the grammatical tone which is elided in the spelling. Hence Òògun-ún-yẹ-mí.

Morphology

ògún-yẹ-mí

Gloss

Ògún - the Yorùbá god of iron
òògun - medicine, herbs, supernatural healing
yẹ - befit
mí - me

Geolocation

Common in:
ABEOKUTA
GENERAL

Variants

Yẹmí