obosomn.

Brit.

/əʊˈbəʊs(ə)m/,

/ɒˈbʊs(ə)m/, U.S.

/oʊˈboʊs(ə)m/,

/ɑˈbʊs(ə)m/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: 1800s Bohsum, 1800s Boossum, 1900s– obosom, 1900s– obosum.

Origin: A borrowing from Akan. Etymon: Akan ɔ-bósṍm.

Etymology: < Akan ɔ-bósṍm god.The Akan plural form abosom is also occasionally found in English context (compare quot. 1916). The early forms without o- represent ‘connected’ forms, which occur after a noun or pronoun in the possessive, or when in apposition.

Any of various minor gods or spirits in the religious system of the Akan peoples of Ghana.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > African

obosom1853

Orisha1854

1853 B. Cruickshank 18 Years on Gold Coast II. vi. 129 From the Souman, or idol of individuals, we come to the Boossum of a family or town, which frequently has no material representation. This..does not so much represent the god of an individual as a family god, or, more universally still, the god of a people.

1887 A. B. Ellis Tshi-speaking Peoples ii. 18 They [sc. the local deities] are very numerous... The general name for these deities is Bohsŭm.

1916 R. S. Rattray Ashanti Proverbs i. 30 A sumaṅ would seem to derive its power from the abosom, just as the o̱bosom in turn gains its own from Onyankõpo̱ṅ.

1961 Listener 2 Mar. 387 Among various sources of help by far the most important were certain rural shrines where the spirit of the obosom or local deity would enter in to the body of the priest of the shrine.

1970 P. Oliver Savannah Syncopators 30 The occasions which I was privileged to attend, culminating in a cult or ‘fetish’ dance for a local obosom, or protective spirit, were simple and moving.

1988 Internat. Jrnl. Afr. Hist. Stud. 21 436 Sickness and misfortune were frequently seen as having been caused by ancestors and gods (obosom, for example).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	obosom
释义	obosomn. Brit. /əʊˈbəʊs(ə)m/, /ɒˈbʊs(ə)m/, U.S. /oʊˈboʊs(ə)m/, /ɑˈbʊs(ə)m/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: 1800s Bohsum, 1800s Boossum, 1900s– obosom, 1900s– obosum. Origin: A borrowing from Akan. Etymon: Akan ɔ-bósṍm. Etymology: < Akan ɔ-bósṍm god.The Akan plural form abosom is also occasionally found in English context (compare quot. 1916). The early forms without o- represent ‘connected’ forms, which occur after a noun or pronoun in the possessive, or when in apposition. Any of various minor gods or spirits in the religious system of the Akan peoples of Ghana. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > African obosom1853 Orisha1854 1853 B. Cruickshank 18 Years on Gold Coast II. vi. 129 From the Souman, or idol of individuals, we come to the Boossum of a family or town, which frequently has no material representation. This..does not so much represent the god of an individual as a family god, or, more universally still, the god of a people. 1887 A. B. Ellis Tshi-speaking Peoples ii. 18 They [sc. the local deities] are very numerous... The general name for these deities is Bohsŭm. 1916 R. S. Rattray Ashanti Proverbs i. 30 A sumaṅ would seem to derive its power from the abosom, just as the o̱bosom in turn gains its own from Onyankõpo̱ṅ. 1961 Listener 2 Mar. 387 Among various sources of help by far the most important were certain rural shrines where the spirit of the obosom or local deity would enter in to the body of the priest of the shrine. 1970 P. Oliver Savannah Syncopators 30 The occasions which I was privileged to attend, culminating in a cult or ‘fetish’ dance for a local obosom, or protective spirit, were simple and moving. 1988 Internat. Jrnl. Afr. Hist. Stud. 21 436 Sickness and misfortune were frequently seen as having been caused by ancestors and gods (obosom, for example). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1853
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