ọrun
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Ọmọdé tó ń mú ọrun dání.
See also: orun
Yoruba
Etymology 1
ọ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + run (“to originate”), literally “The place of origin”
Pronunciation
Noun
ọ̀run
- (Ìṣẹ̀ṣe) the place of origin for all humans where souls (orí) are created, humans return to their individual ọ̀run after death. It does not represent a specific entity or location, every human has their own origin place.
- sky
- Synonym: sánmà
- (Christianity) heaven
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Compare with Igala ọ́dọ, Ayere ɔndɔ, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-ɗʊ̃.
Pronunciation
Noun
ọrun
Etymology 3
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Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
ọrùn
Synonyms
| Yoruba varieties and languages: ọrùn (“neck”) | |||||
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| Language family | Variety group | Variety/language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | ọrọ̀n |
| Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | ọrọ̀n | |||
| Ìkòròdú | ọrọ̀n | ||||
| Ṣágámù | ọrọ̀n | ||||
| Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | ọrọ̀n | |||
| Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | ọràn | |||
| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | ùgùnrọ̀n | |||
| Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | ọrọ̀n | |||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ọ̀gụ̀nrụ̀n, ọrụ̀n |
| Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ọ̀gụ̀nrụ̀n, ọrụ̀n | |||
| Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ọ̀gụ̀nrụ̀n, ọrụ̀n | |||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ọrùn | ||
| Èkó | Èkó | ọrùn | |||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ọrùn | |||
| Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | ọrùn | |||
| Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | ọrùn | |||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ọrùn | |||
| Oǹkó | Òtù | ọrọ̀n | |||
| Ìwéré Ilé | ọrọ̀n | ||||
| Òkèhò | ọrùn | ||||
| Ìsẹ́yìn | ọrọ̀n | ||||
| Ṣakí | ọrọ̀n | ||||
| Tedé | ọrùn | ||||
| Ìgbẹ́tì | ọrùn | ||||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ọrùn | |||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ọrùn | |||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ɔrùn | ||||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìbùnú | Bùnú | ọ̀fọn | ||
| Ìjùmú | Ìjùmú | ọ̀fọn | |||
| Ìyàgbà | Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó | ọ̀fọn, ọrùn | |||
| Owé | Kabba | igọ̀nrùn, ọ̀fọn | |||
| Ọ̀wọ́rọ̀ | Lọ́kọ́ja | ọ̀họn | |||
| Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ana | Sokode | ɔ̀gɔ̀rɔ̃̀ | ||
| Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú) | ɛ̀kɛ́ | |||
| Tchaourou | ɛ̀kɛ́ | ||||
| Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Baàtɛ | ɛ̀kɛ́ | |||
| Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | ɛ̀kɛ́, ɔ̀gùnrùn | ||
| Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | ɛ̀kɛ́ | ||
| Onigbolo | ɛkɛ | ||||
| Kétu/Ànàgó | Kétu | ɛ̀kɛ́ | |||
| Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | ɔ̀gɔ̀rɔ̃̀ | |||
| Atakpamɛ | ɔ̀gɔ̀rɔ̃̀ | ||||
| Boko | ɔ̀gɔ̃̀rɔ̃̀ | ||||
| Est-Mono | ɔ̀gɔ̀rɔ̃̀ | ||||
| Moretan | òɡùrɔ̃̀ | ||||
| Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | ɔ̀gɔ̃̀rɔ̃̀, ɛkɛ́ | ||||
| Kura | Awotébi | egɔ́rɔ̀ | |||
| Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | kɔ̃ | |||
| Northern Nago | Kambole | ɔgɔ̃ | |||
| Manigri | ɔkɔ̃ | ||||
| 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. | |||||
Derived terms
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Numeral
ọ̀rún
- Alternative form of ọgọ́rùn-ún
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
Noun
ọrún
- A space of five days, the fifth day after the current day
- b'ó bá di ọrún òní, kí o padà wá ― When it is five days from today, come back here
Derived terms
- ọrọọrún (“every five days”)