ọtun
Yoruba
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ̀-tʊ̃́
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ọ̀tún
- right
- the second-in-command of the king or a ruler; the second-in-rank in any group or collective
- Synonym: igbákejì
Synonyms
[edit]| Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ọ̀tún (“right”) | |||||
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | ọ̀tọ́n |
| Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | ọ̀tọ́n | |||
| Ìkòròdú | ọ̀tọ́n | ||||
| Ṣágámù | ọ̀tọ́n | ||||
| Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | ọ̀tọ́n | |||
| Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | ọ̀tọ́n | |||
| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | ọtọ́n | |||
| Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | ọ̀tọ́n | |||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ọ̀tụ́n |
| Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ọ̀tụ́n | |||
| Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ọ̀tụ́n | |||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ọ̀tún | ||
| Èkó | Èkó | ọ̀tún | |||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ọ̀tún | |||
| Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | ọ̀tún | |||
| Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | ọ̀tún | |||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ọ̀tún | |||
| Oǹkó | Òtù | ọ̀tọ́n | |||
| Ìwéré Ilé | ọ̀tọ́n | ||||
| Òkèhò | ọ̀tún | ||||
| Ìsẹ́yìn | ọ̀tọ́n | ||||
| Ṣakí | ọ̀tọ́n | ||||
| Tedé | ọ̀tún | ||||
| Ìgbẹ́tì | ọ̀tún | ||||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ọ̀tún | |||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ọ̀tún | |||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ɔ̀tún | ||||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Kabba | ọtùn | ||
| Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | òtã́ | ||
| Atakpamɛ | òtã́ | ||||
| Est-Mono | òtã́ | ||||
| Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | òtã́ | ||||
| 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. | |||||
Coordinate terms
[edit]- òsì (“left”)
Derived terms
[edit]- apá ọ̀tún (“right side”)
- ọwọ́ ọ̀tún (“right hand”)