gbogbo

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Yoruba

Etymology

Perhaps related to Ifè kpó, Ede Idaca kpóó, Igala gbáà

Pronunciation

Noun

gbogbo

  1. all, everything, everyone
    Gbogbo ilé yín ńkọ́? Ṣé àlàáfíà ni wọ́n wà?
    And everyone at home? Are they doing well?
    • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:
      Bí ohun gbogbo tilẹ̀ yẹ, okùn ọrùn kò yẹ adìẹ.
      Even if all things become fashionable; no one pulls a hen with a rope round its neck. (proverb on what is not acceptable as a norm)

Usage notes

This noun often looks and acts as a qualifier or determiner, and while usually before nouns, can occasionally come after. Some examples:

  • Gbogbo ọ̀rẹ́ fẹ́ràn ẹ̀bà jíjẹ.All of my friends love to eat eba.
  • Ìgbà gbogboAll the time

However, it is not a traditional adjective as when it's combined with subject pronouns, it becomes ungrammatical and must be used with the possessive pronouns, showing that it's a noun in Yoruba grammar. An example:

  • Gbogbo wa lọ s'Ékòó.All of us went to Lagos.

In the example above, the possessive pronoun, wa (our), instead of a (we), as Gbogbo a lọ s'Ékòó would be ungrammatical.

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