tọ

Cognate with Igala tọ̀ (“to urinate”)

• IPA^(key): /tɔ̀/

tọ̀

1. (urology, intransitive) to urinate

• tọ before a direct object

• IPA^(key): /tɔ̀/

tọ̀

1. to follow behind, to follow suit

   Synonym: tẹ̀lé

2. (transitive) to trace

   olè níí mọ ẹsẹ̀ olèé tọ̀ lórí àpáta ― Only a thief can trace the footprints of a thief on a rock

• tọ before a direct object

Cognate with Igala tọ (“to leap”)

• IPA^(key): /tɔ̄/

tọ

1. to hop, jump

   Synonym: bẹ́

   tọ bí ọ̀pọ̀lọ́ ― Hop like a frog

• ìtọ

• IPA^(key): /tɔ́/

tọ́

1. to take or draw out a measured quantity of something

• ìtọ́

• IPA^(key): /tɔ́/

tọ́

1. (transitive) to touch lightly
2. (transitive) to taste

• ìtọ́
• fọwọ́tọ́
• fitọ́

• IPA^(key): /tɔ́/

tọ́

1. (transitive) to provoke, to tease
2. (transitive) to tap

• ìtọ́
• tọ́jà (“to instigate”)
• fitọ́

• IPA^(key): /tɔ́/

tọ́

1. (transitive) to guide, to train, to nurture, to raise

   tọ́ ọmọ rẹ kí wọ lè ní ìsinmi ― Train your child so that you can have rest

2. (transitive) to tap

• ìtọ́
• tọ́sọ́nà
• fitọ́

• IPA^(key): /tɔ́/

tọ́

1. to be straight, to be on a straight line

• mútọ́
• tọ́ pìn-ùn bí ọ̀pá ìbọn (“to be straight like the barrel of a gun”)

• IPA^(key): /tɔ́/

tọ́

1. to be proper or appropriate to do

   Synonym: yẹ

   ó tọ́ kí a lọ kí wọn ― It is proper to go and greet them

• ìtọ́
• ẹ̀tọ́
• tọ́sí

• IPA^(key): /tɔ́/

tọ́

1. (intransitive) to be lasting, to last
2. (idiomatic) to have a long-life, to be long-lived

   Synonym: gbó