alubọsa

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Yoruba

Àlùbọ́sà

Etymology

From Hausa albasa, ultimately from Arabic بَصَل (baṣal). Cognates with Emai àlùbásà

Pronunciation

Noun

àlùbọ́sà • (Ajami Spelling الُبوَْسَ)

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Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - àlùbọ́sà (onion)
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Language FamilyVariety GroupVariety/LanguageLocationWords
Proto-Itsekiri-SEYSoutheast YorubaOǹdóOǹdóàlùbásà
Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀àlùbásà
ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹututa
OlùkùmiUgbódùàlùbásà
Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìàlàdé, àlùbásà
Àkúrẹ́àlàdé, àlùbásà
Ọ̀tùn Èkìtìàlàdé, àlùbásà
Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tààlùbọ́sà
ÈkóÈkóàlùbọ́sà
ÌbàdànÌbàdànàlùbọ́sà
ÌlọrinÌlọrinàlùbọ́sà
OǹkóÌtẹ̀síwájú LGAàlùbọ́sà
Ìwàjówà LGAàlùbọ́sà
Kájọlà LGAàlùbọ́sà
Ìsẹ́yìn LGAàlùbọ́sà
Ṣakí West LGAàlùbọ́sà
Atisbo LGAàlùbọ́sà
Ọlọ́runṣògo LGAàlùbọ́sà
Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́àlùbọ́sà
Standard YorùbáNàìjíríààlùbọ́sà
Bɛ̀nɛ̀àlùbɔ́sà
Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbaàlùbásà
Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀Akpárémáàsà
Atakpamémáàsà
Tchettimáàsà
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.