ọmọ

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

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.mɔ̃́/

ọmọ

1. child

• ọmobọ (“infant”)
• ọmerhan (“fruit”)
• ọmotọ (“native, indigene”)
• ọmọmọ (“baby”)
• Ọmọ (“appellation of the Oba of Benin”)

• ọma

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."

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.mɔ̃̄/

ọmọ

1. child

   Synonym: ọmọdé

2. offspring
3. The smallest entity in a pair or group, the smaller tool in a set.
4. 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

5. (orthography) subdot (◌̣)

   Synonym: ìrù

   Ẹ má gbàgbé láti yán ọmọ nídìí ọ̀rọ̀ ― Don't forget to put subdots under the words.

ọmọ!

1. (informal) Used to express excitement, surprise, astonishment, pleasure, disgust etc.

(smaller tool in a set): For example, between an anvil and mallet, the smaller one of the pair is known as the ọmọ (ọmọwú).

• (child): ìyá

(Nouns)

• → Nigerian Pidgin: omo