ọrọ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "oro"
Yoruba
Etymology 1
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ̀-là, compare with Igala ọ̀là
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̀.ɾɔ̀/
Noun
ọ̀rọ̀
Synonyms
| Yoruba varieties and languages: ọ̀rọ̀ (“word”) | |||||
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| Language family | Variety group | Variety/language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ìdóàní | ọfọ̀ | |
| Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||
| Àgọ́ Ìwòyè | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Ìjẹ̀bú Igbó | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | ọ̀rọ̀ | |||
| Ìkẹ́nnẹ́ | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Ìkòròdú | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Òde Rẹ́mọ | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Ṣágámù | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Ifọ́n | Ifọ́n | ọfọ̀ | |||
| Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | ọfọ̀ | |||
| Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | ọfọ̀ | |||
| Òde Ùgbò | ọfọ̀ | ||||
| Òde Etíkàn | ọfọ̀ | ||||
| Oǹdó | Oǹdó | ètítò | |||
| Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | ọfọ̀ | |||
| Usẹn | Usẹn | ọfọ̀ | |||
| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | ọ̀fọ̀ | |||
| Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | ọfọ̀ | |||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ọfọ̀ |
| Òdè Èkìtì | ọfọ̀ | ||||
| Òmùò Èkìtì | ọfọ̀ | ||||
| Awó Èkìtì | ọfọ̀ | ||||
| Ìfàkì Èkìtì | ọfọ̀ | ||||
| Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ọfọ̀ | |||
| Western Àkókó | Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó | ọfọ̀ | |||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||
| Ìgbẹsà | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Ọ̀tà | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Agége | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Ìlogbò Erémi | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | ọ̀rọ̀ | |||
| Ẹ̀gbádò | Ayétòrò | ọ̀rọ̀ | |||
| Igbógila | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Ìjàká | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Ìlaròó | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Ìṣàwọ́njọ | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Èkó | Èkó | ọ̀rọ̀ | |||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ọ̀rọ̀ | |||
| Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | ọ̀rọ̀ | |||
| Èrúwà | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | ọ̀rọ̀ | |||
| Ọ̀fà | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ọ̀rọ̀ | |||
| Oǹkó | Òtù | ọ̀rọ̀ | |||
| Ìwéré Ilé | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Òkèhò | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Ìsẹ́yìn | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Ṣakí | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Tedé | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Ìgbẹ́tì | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ọ̀rọ̀ | |||
| Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́) | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Ìkirè | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Ìwó | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ọ̀rọ̀ | |||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ɔ̀rɔ̀ | ||||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìyàgbà | Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||
| Owé | Kabba | ọ̀rọ̀ | |||
| Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Baàtɛ | afɔ̀ | ||
| Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | ɔ̀rɔ̀ | ||
| Ọ̀húnbẹ́ | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Onigbolo | ɔ̀rɔ̀ | ||||
| Kétu/Ànàgó | Ìlárá | ọ̀rọ̀ | |||
| Ìdọ̀fà | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Ìmẹ̀kọ | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Ìwòyè Kétu | ọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Kétu | ɔ̀rɔ̀ | ||||
| Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | afɔ̀ | |||
| Atakpamɛ | afɔ̀ | ||||
| Boko | afɔ̀ | ||||
| Est-Mono | afɔ̀ | ||||
| Moretan | afɔ̀ | ||||
| Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | afɔ̀ | ||||
| Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | ide | |||
| Kpɛdɛ | ide | ||||
| Southern Nago | Ìsakété | ɔ̀rɔ̀ | |||
| Ìfànyìn | ɔ̀rɔ̀ | ||||
| Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo. | |||||
Derived terms
- ẹ̀dà òye-ọ̀rọ̀ (“a paraphrase”)
- fọ̀rọ̀ wá ọ̀rọ̀ wò lẹ́nu (“to interview”)
- kókó-ọ̀rọ̀ (“theme, main idea”)
- ọlọ́rọ̀ (“speaker”)
- ọ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀yìn (“gossip”)
- ọ̀rọ̀ àgbà (“wise words, words of the elders”)
- ọ̀rọ̀ àjọsọ (“group discussion”)
- ọ̀rọ̀ àkànlò (“idiom”)
- ọ̀rọ̀ àṣírí (“a secret matter, classified”)
- ọ̀rọ̀ àwàdà (“a joke”)
- ọ̀rọ̀ àìbófin-ilé-ìgbìmọ̀-aṣòfin-mu (“unparliamentary language”)
- ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ (“noun”)
- ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe (“verb”)
- ọ̀rọ̀kọ́rọ̀ (“any word, a bad word”)
- sọ̀rọ̀ (“to talk, to speak”)
- àká-ọ̀rọ̀ (“lexicon”)
- ìfọ̀rọ̀dárà (“word play”)
- ìfọ̀rọ̀wánilẹ́nuwò (“interview”)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̀.ɾɔ̀/
Noun
ọ̀rọ̀
- (mythological) a supernatural fairy or spirit, believed to reside in physical objects and possess people
- Synonym: iwin
- Ọmọ yìí ti ya ọ̀rọ̀ ― This child has become a mysterious being.
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ̀/
Noun
ọrọ̀
Derived terms
Etymology 4
An old Proto-Yoruboid form only maintained in the Ekiti dialect and Igala language, see Igala ọ̀dọ̀, perhaps derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ̀-ɗɔ̀. Some linguists of the Ekiti dialect suggest the r in this word is /ɽ/, differing from the usual /ɾ/
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̀.ɾɔ̀/, /ɔ̀.ɽɔ̀/
Noun
ọ̀rọ̀
Usage notes
- Only used by Northern speakers of the Ekiti dialect, not by speakers of the Akure Subdialect (consisting of the southern part of the Ekiti speaking region)
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ̀/
Noun
ọrọ̀
Derived terms
Etymology 6
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ̄/
Noun
ọrọ
- the tree Antiaris toxicaria
Etymology 7
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ̄/, /ɔ̄.ɾɔ́/
Noun
ọrọ or ọrọ́
- The plants of the Euphorbia genus, specifically Euphorbia kamerunica, often misidentified as a cactus due to their similar appearances
Alternative forms
- ọrọ́ agogo
- ọrọ́ aláìdan
Etymology 8
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ́/
Noun
ọrọ́
- Any of the various species of cactus, or a variety of other species of the Euphorbia genus and other genera erroneously identified as cactus
Derived terms
- ọrọ́ agogo (“a plant of the genus Euphorbia, specifically Euphorbia kamerunica”)
- ọrọ́ aláìdan (“a plant of the genus Euphorbia”)
- ọrọ́ eléwé (“a plant of species Euphorbia hirta”)
- ọrọ́ ẹnukòpiyè (“a plant of the genus Euphorbia”)
- ọrọ́ ọ̀pẹ (“a fern of the genus Pteris”)
Etymology 9
Ọrọ́ méjì
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ́/, /ɔ̀.ɾɔ́/
Noun
ọrọ́ or ọ̀rọ́
- The plants Nesogordonia papaverifera and Sterculia rhinopetala of the former Sterculiaceae family
Etymology 10
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ́/
Noun
ọrọ́
- the plant Strophanthus hispidus