ọpọlọ

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Possibly related to Ogbah ẹkpọ̀-ụlọ, Abure klɔ̀pɔ́kɔ́, words with a kVrV formula are widespread in Africa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.k͡pɔ̀.lɔ́/

Noun

ọ̀pọ̀lọ́

1. toad, frog, known for being inedible

   Synonyms: kọ̀ǹkọ̀, àkèré, ẹlẹ́yọ

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to Igbo ụ̀bụlụ̀

Picture dictionary

ọpọlọ

agbárí

ọpọlọ

ojú

ètè

imú

ẹnu

àgbọ̀n

ẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́

etí

ìdètí

ọrùn

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.k͡pɔ̄.lɔ̄/

Noun

ọpọlọ

1. brain

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ọpọlọ (“brain”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìkálẹ̀		Òkìtìpupa	ọpọlọ
		Oǹdó		Oǹdó	àbàbútọ̀n, ọpọlọ
	Olùkùmi			Ugbódù	ùbúrù
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ọ̀bụ́tụ̀n, ọpọlọ
				Òdè Èkìtì	ọ̀bụ́tụ̀n, ọpọlọ
				Òmùò Èkìtì	ọ̀bụ́tụ̀n, ọpọlọ
				Awó Èkìtì	ọ̀bụ́tụ̀n, ọpọlọ
				Ìfàkì Èkìtì	ọ̀bụ́tụ̀n, ọpọlọ
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	ọ̀bụ́tụ̀n, ọpọlọ
	Northwest Yoruba	Ẹ̀gbá		Abẹ́òkúta	ọpọlọ
		Èkó		Èkó	ọpọlọ
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	ọpọlọ
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	ọpọlọ
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	ọpọlọ
				Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́	ọpọlọ
				Ìkirè	ọpọlọ
				Ìwó	ọpọlọ
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	ọpọlọ
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	ɔkpɔlɔ
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Owé		Kabba	ọpọlọ
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ìdàácà	Benin	Igbó Ìdàácà	òyúnyùn
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Kétu/Ànàgó	Ìlárá	ọpọlọ
				Ìdọ̀fà	ọpọlọ
				Ìmẹ̀kọ	ọpọlọ
				Ìwòyè Kétu	ọpọlọ
				Kétu	ɔkpɔlɔ
		Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	mɔ̀nɔ̀mɔ́nɔ̀
				Atakpamé	mɔ̀nɔ̀mɔ́nɔ̀
				Est-Mono	mɔ̀nɔ̀mɔ́nɔ̀
				Tchetti	mɔ̀nɔ̀mɔ́nɔ̀
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.