ọsan

Compare with Olukumi ọhàn

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.sã̀/

ọsàn

1. orange (fruit)

• omi ọsàn (“orange juice”)
• ọsàn wẹ́wẹ́ (“lime”)

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ̀-sã́, possibly from ọ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ sán (“to shine powerfully, to strike, to be powerful”). Cognate with Igala ọ̀rọ́ka, Itsekiri ọ̀sọ́n.

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.sã́/

ọ̀sán

1. midday, afternoon (noon to 4pm)

• káàsán
• ọ̀sọ̀ọ̀sán
• ọ̀sán gangan
• ọ̀sándòru

From ọ- (“nominalising prefix”) +‎ sán (“to tie”).

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.sã́/

ọsán

1. (music) leather strings on the side of a drum to maintain tension of the skin (awọ) (in particular) talking drum strings made from the hide of a calf or underside of a mature cow.
2. (archery) bowstring

   Ọsán tó já ló sọ ọrun di ọ̀pá. ― The bowstring that got broken was what turned the bow into a stick.

• ọsán ìnàró
• ọsán ìwérùn
• ọsán já ọrun dọ̀pá