ọmọ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "omo"
Edo
Etymology
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Edoid *-mɔ. Cognate with Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-mã, Ayere omo, Urhobo ọ́mọ́, Igala ọ́ma, Itsekiri ọma, and Yoruba ọmọ. Possibly related to Igbo ụmụ̀
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̀.mɔ̃́/
Derived terms
- ọmobọ (“infant”)
- ọmerhan (“fruit”)
- ọmotọ (“native, indigene”)
- ọmọmọ (“baby”)
- Ọmọ (“appellation of the Oba of Benin”)
Yoruba
Alternative forms
Etymology
Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruba *ɔ-mã, from Proto-Edekiri *ɔ-mã, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-mã, Cognates include Igala ọ́ma, Itsekiri ọma, and Edo ọmọ. It is related to roots meaning "to beget," or "to give birth to," suggesting *mã to be an obsolete root meaning "to give birth to."
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̄.mɔ̃̄/
Noun
ọmọ
- child
- Synonym: ọmọdé
- offspring
- The smallest entity in a pair or group, the smaller tool in a set.
- freeborn child; someone not born into slavery
- Antonym: ẹrú
- Ìbí kò yàtọ̀, bí a ṣe bẹ́rú la bọ́mọ ― Birth is not different; the enslaved were born in the same way as the freeborn
- (orthography) subdot (◌̣)
- Synonym: ìrù
- Ẹ má gbàgbé láti yán ọmọ nídìí ọ̀rọ̀ ― Don't forget to put subdots under the words.
Interjection
ọmọ!
- (informal) Used to express excitement, surprise, astonishment, pleasure, disgust etc.
Usage notes
(smaller tool in a set): For example, between an anvil and mallet, the smaller one of the pair is known as the ọmọ (ọmọwú).
Coordinate terms
- (child): ìyá
Derived terms
(Nouns)
- akọ́mọlédè (“language teacher”)
- gbọ́mọgbọ́mọ (“kidnapper”)
- ọlọ́mọ (“one who has a child”)
- ọmọ ẹgbẹ́ (“member”)
- ọmọ ilé ìwé (“school student”)
- ọmọ odù (“240 major signs in Ifá divination”)
- ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ (“servant”)
- ọmọ àlè (“illegitimate child”)
- ọmọ ìka ẹsẹ̀ (“toes”)
- ọmọ-ọwọ́ (“baby”)
- ọmọba (“princess, prince”)
- ọmọdó (“pestle”)
- ọmọge (“young lady”)
- ọmọkọ́mọ (“naughty child”)
- ọmọlanke (“wheelbarrow”)
- ọmọlọ (“smaller grinding stone”)
- ọmọlétí (“eardrum”)
- ọmọlúwàbí
- ọmọnìyàn (“humanity”)
- ọmọnílé (“gecko”)
- ọmọrí (“lid”)
- ọmọwú (“mallet, sledgehammer”)
- ìkọ́mọjáde (“naming ceremony”)
- ìsọmọlórúkọ (“naming ceremony”)
Descendants
- → Nigerian Pidgin: omo
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