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Yoruba

Etymology 1

ọ̀bọ̀

Pronunciation

Noun

ọ̀bọ̀

  1. a plant used to ritually catch a witch, Erythrophleum suaveolens or Erythrophleum Ivoriensis

Etymology 2

Compare with Ibibio ebọk

ọ̀bọ

Pronunciation

Noun

ọ̀bọ

  1. monkey
    Synonyms: ẹdun, òtò
    Ọ̀bọ mẹ́tàléláàádóje (133) ni ó wà nínú ọgbà ẹranko yìí.
    There are 133 monkeys in this zoo.
    • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, quoting C. L. Adéoyè, Àṣà àti Ìṣe Yoruba‎, number LDC2008L03, 1979, Ibadan: Oxford University Press, page 274, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:
      Kò sí ohun tí ìnàkí fi ṣe orí tí ọ̀bọ kò fi ṣe orí.
      A baboon or chimpanzee's head is not different from a monkey's head. (proverb on equality)
  2. fool
    Ọ̀bọ ni wọ́n.
    They're fools.
    • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:
      Ọlọ́run nìkan ṣoṣo l'ó gbọ́n, ọ̀bọ lènìyàn.
      It is only God who is wise, a human creature is a fool. (proverb on divine wisdom)

(types of monkeys)

Etymology 3

ọbọ́

Pronunciation

Noun

ọbọ́

  1. Tragia spp. (noseburns).

References

  • Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN
  • Gbile, Z. O. (1984) Vernacular Names of Nigerian Plants (in Yoruba), Ibadan, Nigeria: Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, page 45
  • Verger, Pierre Fatumbi (1997) Ewé: The Use of Plants in Yoruba Society, Sāo Paulo: Companhia das Latras, page 592
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