ọma

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oma"

Igala

Etymology

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-mã, Cognates include Itsekiri ọma, Yoruba ọmọ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ́.mā/

Noun

ọ́ma

1. child

Itsekiri

Etymology

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-mã, Cognates include Igala ọ́ma, Yoruba ọmọ. See more cognates on the Yorùbá language entry under synonyms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.mã̄/

Noun

ọma

1. child

Derived terms

• ọma ẹ̀yìn (“younger child”)
• ọma ojó (“young snake”)
• ọma ọgwá (“senior child”)
• ọmadé (“child”)
• ọmasẹ̀n (“toes”)
• ọmojó (“young snake”)

Yoruba

Etymology

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-mã, Cognates include Igala ọ́ma, Itsekiri ọma, Ede Idaca ọma

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.mã̄/

Noun

ọma

1. (Ọwọ, Ikalẹ, Ilajẹ) Alternative form of ọmọ (“child”)

   Synonym: ọmadé

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.

Derived terms

• kọ́ma (“to teach a child”)
• kọ́makọ́ma (“teacher”)
• ọlọ́ma (“one with a child”)
• ọmadọ́ma (“descendant”)
• ọmakọ́ma (“naughty child”)
• ọmama (“grandchild”)
• ọmamọ́ma (“child after child”)