ọrọ-iṣe

Yoruba

Alternative forms
  • IS (abbreviation)
  • ọ̀rọ̀ ìṣe

Etymology

From ọ̀rọ̀ (“word”) +‎ ìṣe (“action”), literally “action word”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ̀.ɾɔ̀.ì.ʃē/

Noun

ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe

  1. verb
    Kí ni ìtumọ̀ ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sí "to meet"?
    What is the meaning of the English verb, "to meet"?
    • 2015 April 27, L.O. Adéwọlé, “Gírámà Gẹ̀ẹ́sì fún Àwọn Alákọ̀ọ́bẹ̀rẹ̀ (English Grammar for Beginners) - Ìdánilẹ́kọ̀ọ́ Kejì (Second Lecture)”, in Yoruba for Academic Purpose‎:
      Oriṣìí Ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe (Verb Types)
      Oríṣìí ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe (verb) mẹ́ta ni ó wà. Àwọn náà ni aláìgbàbọ̀ (intransitive), asopọ̀ (linking) àti agbàbọ̀ (transitive).
      Verb Types
      There are three types of verbs. They are intransitive verbs, linking verbs, and transitive verbs.
    • (Can we date this quote?), “Orúkọ Ọlọ́run Nínú Ìwé Mímọ́ Lédè Hébérù”, in ÀKÁ ÌWÉ ORÍ ÍŃTÁNẸ́Ẹ̀TÌ ti Watchtower‎:
      Inú ọ̀rọ̀ ìṣe èdè Hébérù tó túmọ̀ sí “láti di” ni orúkọ náà, Jèhófà ti wá.
      The name Jehovah comes from a Hebrew verb that means “to become.”

Hyponyms
  • agbẹ̀yìn ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe (“post verb”)
  • aṣáájú ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe (“preverb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe abọ́dé (“simple verb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe abáṣelọ (“action verb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe agbàbọ̀ (“symmetrical verb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe alápèpadà (“echoing verb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe aláìbáṣelọ (“stative verb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe aláìgbàbọ̀ (“intransitive verb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe asolùwàdàbọ̀ (“symmetrical verb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe aṣẹpọ́n (“modifying verb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe aṣẹ̀dá-àpèjúwe (“adjectivizable verb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe aṣẹ̀yán (“modifying verb in grammar”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe aṣokùn-ùnfà (“causative verb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe aṣàpọ́nlé (“modifying verb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe aṣàpèjúwe (“descriptive verb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe aṣèròyìn (“report verb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe ayẹ̀rún (“particle-selecting verb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe ẹlẹ́là (“splitting verb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe kíkún (“full verb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe oníbọ̀ (“complex verb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe oníbọ̀ (“complex verb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe ọ̀bọ̀rọ́ (“infinitive verb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe àkànmórúkọ (“compound verb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe àrànmásọdorúkọ (“nominal-assimilating or complex verb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe àsínpọ̀ (“serial verbs”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe ìmọ-nǹkan (“cognition verb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-anítumọ̀-àdámọ́ (“lexis, content word”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-orúkọ (“pronoun”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-asopọ̀ (“conjunction”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-atọ́kùn (“preposition”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ (“noun”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ọgbọ́n (“phrase”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-àfetíyá (“ear-loan”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-àkànlò (“idiom”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-àpọ́nlé (“adverb”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-àpèjúwe (“adjective”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-àyálò (“loanword”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-áfojúyá (“eye-loan”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-èdè (“corpus, the words of a language”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìró-ìtumọ̀ (“ideophone”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ìrótumọ̀ (“ideophone”)

References
  • Awobuluyi, O. (1990) Yoruba Metalanguage (Ede-Iperi Yoruba) Vol. II (A Glossary of English-Yoruba Technical Terms in Language, Literature and Methodology), Ibadan: University Press Ltd.
  • Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN
  • Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (1992) Quadrilingual Glossary of Legislative Terms (English-Hausa-Igbo-Yoruba), Lagos: Federal Cabinet Office and Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council
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