ọmọ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "omo"
Edo
Etymology
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Edoid *-mɔ. Cognate with Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-mã, Ayere omo, Urhobo ọ́mọ́, Isoko ọmọ Igala ọ́ma, Itsekiri ọma, and Yoruba ọmọ. Possibly related to Igbo ụmụ̀
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̀.mɔ̃́/
Noun
ọmọ
Derived terms
- ọmobọ (“infant”)
- ọmerhan (“fruit”)
- ọmotọ (“native, indigene”)
- ọmọmọ (“baby”)
- Ọmọ (“appellation of the Oba of Benin”)
Isoko
Etymology
Proposed to have derived from Proto-Edoid *-mɔ. Cognate with Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-mã, Ayere omo, Urhobo ọ́mọ́, Igala ọ́ma, Itsekiri ọma, and Yoruba ọmọ. Possibly related to Igbo ụmụ̀.
Noun
ọmọ (plural ịmọ)
Derived terms
Yoruba
Alternative forms
Etymology
Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruba *ɔ-mã, from Proto-Edekiri *ɔ-mã, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-mã, Cognates include Igala ọ́ma, Itsekiri ọma, Edo ọmọ, Urhobo ọ́mọ́, Isoko ọmọ. It is related to roots meaning "to beget," or "to give birth to," suggesting *mã to be an obsolete root meaning "to give birth to."
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̄.mɔ̃̄/
Noun
ọmọ
- child
- Synonym: ọmọdé
- offspring
- The smallest entity in a pair or group, the smaller tool in a set.
- freeborn child; someone not born into slavery
- Antonym: ẹrú
- Ìbí kò yàtọ̀, bí a ṣe bẹ́rú la bọ́mọ ― Birth is not different; the enslaved were born in the same way as the freeborn
- (orthography) subdot (◌̣)
- Synonym: ìrù
- Ẹ má gbàgbé láti yán ọmọ nídìí ọ̀rọ̀ ― Don't forget to put subdots under the words.
Usage notes
(smaller tool in a set): For example, between an anvil and mallet, the smaller one of the pair is known as the ọmọ (ọmọwú).
Synonyms
| Yoruba varieties and languages: ọmọ (“child”) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Language family | Variety group | Variety/language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ìdóàní | ọmọ | |
| Eastern Àkókó | Àkùngbá | Àkùngbá Àkókó | ọma | ||
| Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | ọma | |||
| Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | ọmọ | ||
| Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | ọmọ | |||
| Ìkòròdú | ọmọ | ||||
| Ṣágámù | ọmọ | ||||
| Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | ọma | |||
| Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | ọma | |||
| Oǹdó | Oǹdó | ọma | |||
| Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | ọma | |||
| Usẹn | Usẹn | ọma | |||
| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | ọma | |||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ọmọ |
| Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ọmọ | |||
| Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ọmọ | |||
| Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀) | ọmọ | |||
| Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà) | Iléṣà (Uléṣà) | ọmọ | |||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ọmọ | ||
| Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | ọmọ | |||
| Ẹ̀gbádò | Ìjàká | ọmọ | |||
| Èkó | Èkó | ọmọ | |||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ọmọ | |||
| Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | ọmọ | |||
| Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | ọmọ | |||
| Ìgbómìnà | Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún | ọmọ | |||
| Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA | ọmọ | ||||
| Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA | ọmọ | ||||
| Ìsin LGA | ọmọ | ||||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ọmọ | |||
| Oǹkó | Òtù | ọmọ | |||
| Ìwéré Ilé | ọmọ | ||||
| Òkèhò | ọmọ | ||||
| Ìsẹ́yìn | ọmọ | ||||
| Ṣakí | ọmọ | ||||
| Tedé | ọmọ | ||||
| Ìgbẹ́tì | ọmọ | ||||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ọmọ | |||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ọmọ | |||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ɔmɔ | ||||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìyàgbà | Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó | ọmọ | ||
| Owé | Kabba | ọmọ | |||
| Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ana | Sokode | ɔmɔ | ||
| Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú) | ɔmɔ | |||
| Tchaourou | ɔmɔ | ||||
| Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Baàtɛ | ɔmɔ | |||
| Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | ɔma | ||
| Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | ɔmɔ | ||
| Onigbolo | ɔmɔ | ||||
| Kétu/Ànàgó | Kétu | ɔmu | |||
| Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | ɔma | |||
| Atakpamɛ | ɔmɔ | ||||
| Boko | ɔmɔ | ||||
| Est-Mono | ɔmɔ | ||||
| Moretan | ɔma | ||||
| Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | ɔma | ||||
| Kura | Aledjo-Koura | mání | |||
| Awotébi | mání | ||||
| Partago | mání | ||||
| Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | ama | |||
| Northern Nago | Kambole | ɔma | |||
| Manigri | ɔma | ||||
| 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. | |||||
Coordinate terms
- (child): ìyá
Derived terms
(Nouns)
- akọ́mọlédè (“language teacher”)
- gbọ́mọgbọ́mọ (“kidnapper”)
- ọlọ́mọ (“one who has a child”)
- ọmọ ẹgbẹ́ (“member”)
- ọmọ ilé ìwé (“school student”)
- ọmọ odù (“240 major signs in Ifá divination”)
- ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ (“servant”)
- ọmọ àlè (“illegitimate child”)
- ọmọ ìka ẹsẹ̀ (“toes”)
- ọmọ-ọwọ́ (“baby”)
- ọmọba (“princess, prince”)
- ọmọdó (“pestle”)
- ọmọge (“young lady”)
- ọmọkọ́mọ (“naughty child”)
- ọmọlanke (“wheelbarrow”)
- ọmọlọ (“smaller grinding stone”)
- ọmọlétí (“eardrum”)
- ọmọlúwàbí
- ọmọnìyàn (“humanity”)
- ọmọnílé (“gecko”)
- ọmọrí (“lid”)
- ọmọwú (“mallet, sledgehammer”)
- ìkọ́mọjáde (“naming ceremony”)
- ìsọmọlórúkọ (“naming ceremony”)
Descendants
- → Nigerian Pidgin: omo
Interjection
ọmọ!
- (informal) Used to express excitement, surprise, astonishment, pleasure, disgust etc.