ọyan

Etymology
From. The use of with this noun is restricted to Central Yoruba dialects, while others use.

Compare with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, proposed to be derived from. Perhaps distantly related to or, which links to other Volta-Niger words for woman. Etymological evidence suggests that ọyàn served as a more euphemistic name compared to, and while it has largely replaced ọmú in common day speech, its original euphemistic origins may support the idea that it comes from a non-anatomical root, similar to the developement of euphemisms for genitalia.

Noun

 * 1)  breast