ọbọ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "obo"

Yoruba

Etymology 1

ọ̀bọ̀

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.bɔ̀/

Noun

ọ̀bọ̀

1. a plant used to ritually catch a witch, Erythrophleum suaveolens or Erythrophleum Ivoriensis

Etymology 2

Compare with Ibibio ebọk

ọ̀bọ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.bɔ̄/

Noun

ọ̀bọ

1. monkey

   Synonyms: ẹdun, òtò

   Ọ̀bọ mẹ́tàléláàádóje (133) ni ó wà nínú ọgbà ẹranko yìí.

   There are 133 monkeys in this zoo.

   • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, quoting C. L. Adéoyè, Àṣà àti Ìṣe Yoruba‎^[1], number LDC2008L03, 1979, Ibadan: Oxford University Press, page 274, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:

     Kò sí ohun tí ìnàkí fi ṣe orí tí ọ̀bọ kò fi ṣe orí.

     A baboon or chimpanzee's head is not different from a monkey's head. (proverb on equality)

2. fool

   Ọ̀bọ ni wọ́n.

   They're fools.

   • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎^[2], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:

     Ọlọ́run nìkan ṣoṣo l'ó gbọ́n, ọ̀bọ lènìyàn.

     It is only God who is wise, a human creature is a fool. (proverb on divine wisdom)

Related terms

(types of monkeys)

• òyo
• òwè
• akítì
• ẹdun
• ìjímèrè
• gbòrògì (“baboon”)
• ẹlẹ́yọ̀
• ọ̀kị́n
• àáyá
• awèrè

Etymology 3

ọbọ́

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.bɔ́/

Noun

ọbọ́

1. Tragia spp. (noseburns).

References

• Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎^[3], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN
• Gbile, Z. O. (1984) Vernacular Names of Nigerian Plants (in Yoruba), Ibadan, Nigeria: Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, page 45
• Verger, Pierre Fatumbi (1997) Ewé: The Use of Plants in Yoruba Society, Sāo Paulo: Companhia das Latras, page 592