olu

• IPA^(key): /ˈolu/
• Hyphenation: o‧lu

ólu m 

1. shrubbery

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

olu

1. pumpkin

• Pat Lillie, Amaimon Organised Phonology Data (2001)

olu

1. (emphatic) they, them

• u

From Proto-Finnic *olo, from olema (“to be”) +‎ -u.

olu (genitive olu, partitive olu)

1. existence
2. essence
3. circumstance, circumstances (often in the plural)

• ol

Based on ilu (“he, him”) and elu (“she, her”) +‎ -u (“denoting a person”).

olu (plural oli)

1. it, that

• oli (“they, them”) (neuter)

• lu (“he, him, she, her, it, that”)
• ilu (“he, him”) (masculine)
• elu (“she, her”) (feminine)

    Personal pronouns in Ido

		Singular			Plural
		Nominative	Possessive		Nominative	Possessive
			Singular	Plural		Singular	Plural
First person		me	mea	mei	ni	nia	nii
Second person	Formal	vu	vua	vui	vi	via	vii
	Familiar	tu	tua	tui
Third person	Masculine	ilu, il	ilua	ilui	ili	ilia	ilii
	Feminine	elu, el	elua	elui	eli	elia	elii
	Neuter	olu, ol	olua	olui	oli	olia	olii
	Common	lu	lua	lui	li	lia	lii
	Reflexive	su	sua	sui	su	sua	sui
Indefinite		onu, on	onua	onui	onu, on	onua	onui
Notes
The possessive plurals are seldom used.
The shortened forms are preferred.
The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios.

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-lũ or Proto-Yoruboid *o-rũ. Cognate with Yoruba oorun

• IPA^(key): /ó.lū/

ólu

1. sleep, slumber, nap

• l'olu (“to sleep”)
• ólu-ẹja (“to sleep with your eyes barely closed”)

• John Idakwoji (2015 February 12) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN

olu f

1. inflection of ola:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key):

ôlu

1. this; class 11 proximal demonstrative.

• elú (Ifẹ̀)

Cognate with Igala ónú and Itsekiri olú

• IPA^(key): /ō.lú/

olú

1. leader, head, chief; prominent one, hero

   Synonyms: ọwá, ọba, ọlọ́jà, elú

2. A common prefix for Yoruba given names and surnames, see Olú

• olúwa (“lord, husband”)
• Olúwa (“God”)
• Olú

Not related to Igala óru (which instead is cognate with Yoruba osun, esunsun). Unclear if this etymology is related to Etymology 1. Possibly related to Igbo eru

• IPA^(key): /ō.lú/

olú

1. mushroom, fungi, or toadstool

   Synonyms: osun, esunsun, àṣẹ̀ṣẹ́

• olú-ọrán
• olúwon̄gaga

• IPA^(key): /ò.lú/

òlú

1. (Ekiti, Usẹn) how much

   Synonym: èló