ọrọ-orukọ

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Yoruba

Alternative forms

OR (abbreviation)
ọ̀rọ̀ orúkọ

Etymology

From ọ̀rọ̀ (“word”) +‎ orúkọ (“name”), literally “naming word”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.ɾɔ̀.ō.ɾú.kɔ̄/

Noun

ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ

noun
Àpètúnpè ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ ― Noun reduplication
- (Can we date this quote?), “Jèhófà Ọlọ́run Ṣàánú Àṣẹ́kù Kan”, in ÀKÁ ÌWÉ ORÍ ÍŃTÁNẸ́Ẹ̀TÌ ti Watchtower‎:
  Lédè Hébérù, ọ̀rọ̀ orúkọ tí a túmọ̀ sí “èéhù” tọ́ka sí ‘ohun tó rú, ọ̀mùnú, tàbí ẹ̀ka.’
  The Hebrew noun rendered “sprout” refers to ‘that which springs up, a shoot, a branch.’

Hyponyms

ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ aláìṣeékà (“mass or uncountable noun”)
ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ aṣẹ̀pọ́n (“modifying noun”)
ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ aṣẹ̀yán (“modifying noun”)
ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ aṣorí (“head noun”)
ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ ayídà (“polymorphic noun”)
ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ nǹkan (“common noun”)
ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ àfòyemọ̀ (“abstract noun”)
ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ àgbájọ (“collective noun”)
ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ àkésí (“vocative noun”)
ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ àkójọ (“collective noun”)
ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ àrídìmú (“concrete noun”)
ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ-atọ́kasí (“referential noun”)
ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ-ibìkan (“proper noun for places”)
ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ-ènìyàn (“proper noun for humans”)

Derived terms

ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-orúkọ (“pronoun”)

Related terms

ọ̀rọ̀-anítumọ̀-àdámọ́ (“lexis, content word”)
ọ̀rọ̀-asopọ̀ (“conjunction”)
ọ̀rọ̀-atọ́kùn (“preposition”)
ọ̀rọ̀-ọgbọ́n (“phrase”)
ọ̀rọ̀-àfetíyá (“ear-loan”)
ọ̀rọ̀-àfojúyá (“eye-loan”)
ọ̀rọ̀-àkànlò (“idiom”)
ọ̀rọ̀-àpọ́nlé (“adverb”)
ọ̀rọ̀-àpèjúwe (“adjective”)
ọ̀rọ̀-àyálò (“loanword”)
ọ̀rọ̀-èdè (“corpus, the words of a language”)
ọ̀rọ̀-ìró-ìtumọ̀ (“ideophone”)
ọ̀rọ̀-ìrótumọ̀ (“ideophone”)
ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe (“verb”)

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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