ọwọ

• ọ́wọ́ọ̀

Cognate with Yoruba ọwọ̀, ultimately proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-ɓɔ́, equivalent to *ɔ́- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ *ɓɔ́

• IPA^(key): /ɔ́.wɔ̀/

ọ́wọ̀

1. broom

• ọ́wọ̀-ọ̀jẹ̀ (“cooking tool for making draw soup”)

• John Idakwoji (2015 February 12) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN

Cognate with Yoruba ọwọ́ and Edo obọ, proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-ɓɔ́, equivalent to *ɔ- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ *ɓɔ́

• IPA^(key): /ɔ́.wɔ́/

ọ́wọ́

1. hand; arm
2. side, part, segment
3. lineage, pedigree. relation; relative
4. (idiomatic) mastery, skill, specialization

• ọ́wọ́-áwọ̄tọ (“right hand”)
• ọ́wọ́-áwohì (“left hand”)
• ọ́wọ́-átā (“paternal relative”)
• ọ́wọ́-iye (“maternal relative”)
• d'ọwọ́ tó (“to help; to aid”)
• d'ọwọ́ dó (“to hold; to grasp”)
• gwọ́wọ́ (“to clap”)

• John Idakwoji (2015 February 12) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN

• ọọ̀

Cognate with Igala ọ́wọ̀, ultimately proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-ɓɔ́, equivalent to *ɔ́- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ *ɓɔ́

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.wɔ̀/

ọwọ̀

1. broom

   Synonym: ìgbálẹ̀

Compare with Edo ọghọ, Urhobo ọghọ, Igala ọ̀wọ̀ (“Islam”)

• ọ̀ghọ̀

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.wɔ̀/

ọ̀wọ̀

1. respect, honor, dignity

   Synonyms: ìbà, iyì, ìsì, ẹ̀yẹ, ọlá, àyẹ́sí

• ọ̀ghọ̀

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.wɔ̀/

ọ̀wọ̀

1. a name for several herbs in the genus Brillantaisia, including Brillantaisia lamium, Brillantaisia owariensis, and Brillantaisia nitens.

Ọwọ́

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-ɓɔ́. Cognate with Igala ọ́wọ́, Ayere ɔ́wɔ́, Àhàn ɔɔ, Edo obọ, and Ehueun o-wɔ́. See obọ for a more detailed etymological analysis.

• ọọ́

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.wɔ́/

ọwọ́

1. hand
2. direction, location, side; either right or left
3. (modern usage) one hundred naira
4. (idiomatic) impact, influence, effect
5. (by extension) handwriting, penmanship

   ọwọ́ rẹ̀ ẹ́ dára níwèé ― Her handwriting is excellent on paper

6. care, handling
7. (usually as lọ́wọ́) time of action or event; current
8. (idiomatic) possession (literally, "in the hand of someone")
9. (idiomatic) active engagement, endorsement

   kò lọ́wọ́ sí ọ̀rọ̀ náà ― He has no hands in the matter

10. (idiomatic) grip, power, force
11. applause

    Synonyms: pàtẹ́wọ́, ṣápẹ́

• Sense 7 and 8 is usually seen as lọ́wọ́ (“at hand”)

Ọ̀wọ́ kìnnìún

Cognate with Igala ọ̀wọ́ (“to be multiple, to be a group”)

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.wɔ́/

ọ̀wọ́

1. patterned group, a homogeneous entity, caravan, series, class

   Synonym: agbo