irawọ
Yoruba
Etymology 1
Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ìlàwɔ̀, cognate with Igala ìlàwò
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ì.ɾà.wɔ̀/
Noun
ìràwọ̀
- star, celestial object, celestial body
- asterisk (*)
- Synonym: àmì ìràwọ̀
Synonyms
| Yoruba varieties and languages: ìràwọ̀ (“star”) | |||||
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| Language family | Variety group | Variety/language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ìdóàní | ọ̀ràọ̀ | |
| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | agura | |||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ị̀ràọ̀ |
| Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ị̀ràọ̀ | |||
| Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ị̀ràọ̀ | |||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ìràwọ̀ | ||
| Ẹ̀gbádò | Ìjàká | ìràwọ̀ | |||
| Èkó | Èkó | ìràwọ̀ | |||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ìràwọ̀ | |||
| Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | ìràwọ̀ | |||
| Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | ìràwọ̀ | |||
| Ọ̀fà | ìràwọ̀ | ||||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ìràwọ̀ | |||
| Oǹkó | Òtù | ǹràwọ̀ | |||
| Ìwéré Ilé | ǹràwọ̀ | ||||
| Òkèhò | ǹràwọ̀ | ||||
| Ìsẹ́yìn | ǹràwọ̀ | ||||
| Ṣakí | ǹràwọ̀ | ||||
| Tedé | ǹràwọ̀ | ||||
| Ìgbẹ́tì | ǹràwọ̀ | ||||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ìràwọ̀ | |||
| Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́) | ìràwọ̀ | ||||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ìràwọ̀ | |||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ìràwɔ̀ | ||||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Kabba | ìràwọ̀ | ||
| Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ana | Sokode | ìwɔ̀dà | ||
| Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú) | ìràwɔ̀ | |||
| Tchaourou | ìràwɔ̀ | ||||
| Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Baàtɛ | ààro | |||
| Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | àràwò | ||
| Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | ìràwɔ̀ | ||
| Onigbolo | ìràwɔ̀ | ||||
| Kétu/Ànàgó | Kétu | ìràwɔ̀ | |||
| Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | àràwo | |||
| Atakpamɛ | àrã̀wo | ||||
| Boko | àrã̀wo | ||||
| Est-Mono | àrã̀wo | ||||
| Moretan | àrã̀wo | ||||
| Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | àrã̀wo | ||||
| Kura | Awotébi | erãwɔ́ | |||
| Partago | erãwɔ́ | ||||
| Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | lèléiàrɔ̃, leleaɔ̃ | |||
| Northern Nago | Kambole | ãràwó, àǹwé | |||
| Manigri | awe | ||||
| Southern Nago | Ìsakété | ìràwɔ̀ | |||
| Ìfànyìn | ìràwɔ̀ | ||||
| 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
- atukọ̀súnmọ́ràwọ̀ (“astronaut”)
- awòràwọ̀ (“astrologer”)
- onímọ̀-ìràwọ̀ (“astronomer”)
- àmì ìràwọ̀ (“asterisk”)
- ìmọ̀ ìràwọ̀ (“astronomy”)
- ìmọ̀ ìtukọ̀súnmọ́ràwọ̀ (“astronautics”)
- ìràwọlẹ̀ (“Richardia brasiliensis”)
- ìràwọ̀ onírù (“comet”)
- ìràwọ̀-ayóòrùnká (“planet”)
- ìràwọ̀-ilẹ̀ (“Green Borreria”)
- ìwòràwọ̀ (“astrology”)
Descendants
- → Ayere: irawɔ
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ì.ɾà.wɔ̀/
Noun
ìràwọ̀
- beetle, specifically the scarab beetle and Goliath beetle
- Synonyms: ọ̀bọ̀n-ùn-bọn-ùn, ọlọ́bọ̀n-ùnbọn-ùn