ọbọ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "obo"

Yoruba

Etymology 1

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɔ̀.bɔ̀/

    Noun

    ọ̀bọ̀

    1. a plant used to ritually catch a witch, Erythrophleum suaveolens or Erythrophleum Ivoriensis

    Etymology 2

    Compare with Ibibio ebọk

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɔ̀.bɔ̄/

    Noun

    ọ̀bọ

    1. monkey
      Synonyms: ẹdun, òtò
      Ọ̀bọ mẹ́tàléláàádóje (133) ni ó wà nínú ọgbà ẹranko yìí.
      There are 133 monkeys in this zoo.
      • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, quoting C. L. Adéoyè, Àṣà àti Ìṣe Yoruba[1], number LDC2008L03, 1979, Ibadan: Oxford University Press, page 274, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:
        Kò sí ohun tí ìnàkí fi ṣe orí tí ọ̀bọ kò fi ṣe orí.
        A baboon or chimpanzee's head is not different from a monkey's head. (proverb on equality)
    2. fool
      Ọ̀bọ ni wọ́n.
      They're fools.
      • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0[2], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:
        Ọlọ́run nìkan ṣoṣo l'ó gbọ́n, ọ̀bọ lènìyàn.
        It is only God who is wise, a human creature is a fool. (proverb on divine wisdom)

    (types of monkeys)

    Etymology 3

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ɔ̄.bɔ́/

      Noun

      ọbọ́

      1. Tragia spp. (noseburns).

      References

      • Awoyale, Yiwola (19 December 2008), Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0[3], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN
      • Gbile, Z. O. (1984), Vernacular Names of Nigerian Plants (in Yoruba), Ibadan, Nigeria: Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, page 45
      • Verger, Pierre Fatumbi (1997), Ewé: The Use of Plants in Yoruba Society, Sāo Paulo: Companhia das Latras, page 592