ọrọ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oro"

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ̀-là, compare with Igala ọ̀là

Lẹ́tà àti ọ̀rọ̀

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.ɾɔ̀/

Noun

ọ̀rọ̀

1. word, phrase, uttering
2. matter, affair

Synonyms

Yoruba varieties (word)

Language Family	Variety Group	Variety	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìjẹ̀bú	ọ̀rọ̀
		Ìkálẹ̀	ọfọ̀
		Ìlàjẹ	ọfọ̀
		Oǹdó	ètítò
		Ọ̀wọ̀	ọfọ̀
		Usẹn	ọfọ̀
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	ọfọ̀
		Ifẹ̀	-
		Ìgbómìnà	-
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà	-
		Western Àkókó	ọfọ̀
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì	ọ̀rọ̀
		Ẹ̀gbá	-
		Ìbàdàn	ọ̀rọ̀
		Òǹkò	ọ̀rọ̀
		Ọ̀yọ́	ọ̀rọ̀
		Standard Yorùbá	ọ̀rọ̀
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìbùnú	-
		Ìjùmú	-
		Ìyàgbà	-
		Owé	ọ̀rọ̀
		Ọ̀wọ̀rọ̀	-

Derived terms

• ẹ̀dà òye-ọ̀rọ̀ (“a paraphrase”)
• fọ̀rọ̀ wá ọ̀rọ̀ wò lẹ́nu (“to interview”)
• kókó-ọ̀rọ̀ (“theme, main idea”)
• ọlọ́rọ̀ (“speaker”)
• ọ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀yìn (“gossip”)
• ọ̀rọ̀ àgbà (“wise words, words of the elders”)
• ọ̀rọ̀ àjọsọ (“group discussion”)
• ọ̀rọ̀ àkànlò (“idiom”)
• ọ̀rọ̀ àṣírí (“a secret matter, classified”)
• ọ̀rọ̀ àwàdà (“a joke”)
• ọ̀rọ̀ àìbófin-ilé-ìgbìmọ̀-aṣòfin-mu (“unparliamentary language”)
• ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ (“noun”)
• ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe (“verb”)
• ọ̀rọ̀kọ́rọ̀ (“any word, a bad word”)
• sọ̀rọ̀ (“to talk, to speak”)
• àká-ọ̀rọ̀ (“lexicon”)
• ìfọ̀rọ̀dárà (“word play”)
• ìfọ̀rọ̀wánilẹ́nuwò (“interview”)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.ɾɔ̀/

Noun

ọ̀rọ̀

1. (mythological) a supernatural fairy or spirit, believed to reside in physical objects and possess people

   Synonym: iwin

   Ọmọ yìí ti ya ọ̀rọ̀ ― This child has become a mysterious being.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ̀/

Noun

ọrọ̀

1. wealth, riches

   Synonym: ọlà

Derived terms

• ọlọ́rọ̀ (“wealthy person”)

 

Etymology 4

An old Proto-Yoruboid form only maintained in the Ekiti dialect and Igala language, see Igala ọ̀dọ̀, perhaps derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ̀-ɗɔ̀. Some linguists of the Ekiti dialect suggest the r in this word is /ɽ/, differing from the usual /ɾ/

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.ɾɔ̀/, /ɔ̀.ɽɔ̀/

Noun

ọ̀rọ̀

1. (Ekiti) wall

   Synonyms: ìgànná, ògiri

Usage notes

• Only used by Northern speakers of the Ekiti dialect, not by speakers of the Akure Subdialect (consisting of the southern part of the Ekiti speaking region)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ̀/

Noun

ọrọ̀

1. matters, a concern of great urgency, issue

Derived terms

• ọrọ̀-ajé (“business”)

 

Etymology 6

Ọrọ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ̄/

Noun

ọrọ

1. the tree Antiaris toxicaria

Etymology 7

Ọrọ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ̄/, /ɔ̄.ɾɔ́/

Noun

ọrọ or ọrọ́

1. The plants of the Euphorbia genus, specifically Euphorbia kamerunica, often misidentified as a cactus due to their similar appearances

Alternative forms

• ọrọ́ agogo
• ọrọ́ aláìdan

Etymology 8

Ọrọ́ (Ansel Adams, 1941)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ́/

Noun

ọrọ́

1. Any of the various species of cactus, or a variety of other species of the Euphorbia genus and other genera erroneously identified as cactus

Derived terms

• ọrọ́ agogo (“a plant of the genus Euphorbia, specifically Euphorbia kamerunica”)
• ọrọ́ aláìdan (“a plant of the genus Euphorbia”)
• ọrọ́ eléwé (“a plant of species Euphorbia hirta”)
• ọrọ́ ẹnukòpiyè (“a plant of the genus Euphorbia”)
• ọrọ́ ọ̀pẹ (“a fern of the genus Pteris”)

 

Etymology 9

Ọrọ́ méjì

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ́/, /ɔ̀.ɾɔ́/

Noun

ọrọ́ or ọ̀rọ́

1. The plants Nesogordonia papaverifera and Sterculia rhinopetala of the former Sterculiaceae family

Etymology 10

Ọrọ́

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ́/

Noun

ọrọ́

1. the plant Strophanthus hispidus