gbongbo

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Yoruba

Gbòǹgbò igi

Etymology

Noun sense derives from the ideophone sense

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡ͡bò.ŋ̀.ɡ͡bò/

Ideophone

gbòǹgbò

  1. (of an object) to be protruding, large, and heavy
    ilé náà gbòǹgbòThe house was large

Derived terms

Noun

gbòǹgbò

  1. plant root
    Synonyms: egbò, ẹ̀kàn, egbòogi
    àfòmọ́ kò ní gbòǹgbò, gbogbo igi níí bá tanMistetoe has no roots, hence it is friendly with any standing tree (proverb on dependency)

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - gbòǹgbò (root)
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Language FamilyVariety GroupVariety/LanguageSubdialectLocationWords
Proto-Itsekiri-SEYSoutheast YorubaÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdegbòrìgbò
Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)Òkìtìpupaegbògbò
OǹdóOǹdóegbìgbò
Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìegbìgbò
Ìfàkì Èkìtìgbòǹgbò
Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́egbìgbò, gbòǹgbò
Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìegbìgbò
Northwest YorubaÌbàdànÌbàdàngbòǹgbò
Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́gbòǹgbò
Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàgbòǹgbò, egbòogi, egbò
Bɛ̀nɛ̀gbòǹgbò, egbòogi, egbò
Northeast Yoruba/OkunÌyàgbàÌsánlú Ìtẹ̀dóìtàkùn
Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaAnaSokodeogùgù
Cábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)icɛn
Tchaourouicɛn
Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà)Baàtɛicɔ̃, n̄cɔ̃
ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)egùgù
Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́igbò
Kétu/ÀnàgóKétuigbò
Ifɛ̀Akpáréogùgù
Atakpamɛogùgù
Bokoogùgù
Moretanicã
Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)ogùgù
KuraPartagoecá
Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandiicã
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.