Ẹsinmirin

Etymology
Possibly from, which in term may be constructed to. Likely related to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬. While the term only exists as the name of a mythological river found in an oral story, it may have originally been used as a term for any large body of water, similar to the Niger river, as the Proto-Yoruboid, and then Proto-Yoruba speakers migrated into Yorubaland and came upon many different large bodies of waters. The term likely was used in reference to the Niger river, the major body of water Proto-Yoruboid speakers would have known and likely worshipped. It is potentially an older cognate with 🇨🇬 and thus potentially a.

Noun

 * 1)  any big river or body of water, usually referring to the

Proper noun

 * 1)  ; the spirit of the Niger river
 * 2)  a body of water in the town of, featured in the story of . The fact that there exists no well known river in Ifẹ̀ that is known as the Ẹ̀sìnmìnrìn may suggest the story points to the Niger river or the use of the term as one for a general large body of water
 * 3)  a female water divinity believed to be the spirit of the Ẹ̀sìnmìrìn river
 * 1)  a female water divinity believed to be the spirit of the Ẹ̀sìnmìrìn river