Shónẹ́yìn

Extended Meaning

"It's Oshó-oun-ní-ẹ̀yin. But it's pronounced in the Rẹ́mọ dialect which means 'I have 'sorcerers' in my bloodline. The word 'sorcerer', I quarrel with because of its negative connotation. We tend to use wizard but that suffer the same fate. I have always just said 'the strong ones', which is a catch-all for brute or spiritual strength. It wouldn't work for this purpose but surely there's a better word." Lọlá Shónẹ́yìn

Morphology

ṣó-ní-ẹ̀yìn

Gloss

Geolocation

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Famous Persons

• Lọlá Shónẹ́yìn
• Nigerian writer
• poet and educator.

Media Links

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_Shoneyin

Variants