gbogbo

Yoruba

Etymology

Perhaps related to Ifè kpó, Ede Idaca kpóó, Igala gbáà

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡ͡bō.ɡ͡bō/

Noun

gbogbo

1. all, everything, everyone

   Gbogbo ilé yín ńkọ́? Ṣé àlàáfíà ni wọ́n wà?

   And everyone at home? Are they doing well?

   • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎^[1], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:

     Bí ohun gbogbo tilẹ̀ yẹ, okùn ọrùn kò yẹ adìẹ.

     Even if all things become fashionable; no one pulls a hen with a rope round its neck. (proverb on what is not acceptable as a norm)

Usage notes

This noun often looks and acts as a qualifier or determiner, and while usually before nouns, can occasionally come after. Some examples:

• Gbogbo ọ̀rẹ́ fẹ́ràn ẹ̀bà jíjẹ. ― All of my friends love to eat eba.
• Ìgbà gbogbo ― All the time

However, it is not a traditional adjective as when it's combined with subject pronouns, it becomes ungrammatical and must be used with the possessive pronouns, showing that it's a noun in Yoruba grammar. An example:

• Gbogbo wa lọ s'Ékòó. ― All of us went to Lagos.

In the example above, the possessive pronoun, wa (“our”), instead of a (“we”), as Gbogbo a lọ s'Ékòó would be ungrammatical.

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - gbogbo (“all, everything”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Eastern Àkókó	Ọ̀bà	Ọ̀bà Àkókó	gede
		Ìdànrè		Ìdànrè	kete
		Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	dede
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	dede
				Ìkòròdú	dede
				Ṣágámù	dede
		Ifọ́n		Ifọ́n	gede
		Ìkálẹ̀		Òkìtìpupa	dede
		Ìlàjẹ		Mahin	dede
		Oǹdó		Oǹdó	dede
		Ọ̀wọ̀		Ọ̀wọ̀	gede
	Ìtsẹkírì			Ìwẹrẹ	dede
	Olùkùmi			Ugbódù	gèdè
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	kete
				Ìfàkì Èkìtì	kete
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	kete
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	kete
		Ifẹ̀		Ilé Ifẹ̀	kete
		Western Àkókó		Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó	kete
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì		Èbúté Mẹ́tà	gbogbo
		Ẹ̀gbá		Abẹ́òkúta	dede
		Èkó		Èkó	gbogbo
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	gbogbo
		Ìbọ̀lọ́		Òṣogbo	gbogbo
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	gbogbo
		Oǹkó		Ìtẹ̀síwájú LGA	gbogbo
				Ìwàjówà LGA	gbogbo
				Kájọlà LGA	gbogbo
				Ìsẹ́yìn LGA	gbogbo
				Ṣakí West LGA	gbogbo
				Atisbo LGA	gbogbo
				Ọlọ́runṣògo LGA	gbogbo
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	gbogbo
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	gbogbo
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	gbogbo
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìyàgbà		Yàgbà East LGA	gbogbo
		Owé		Kabba	gbogbo
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ana		Sokode	wúkó
		Cábɛ̀ɛ́		Cábɛ̀ɛ́	gbogbo
				Tchaourou	gbogbo
		Ìcà		Bantè	gbogbo
		Ìdàácà	Benin	Igbó Ìdàácà	kpóó
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	gbogbo
				Onigbolo	gbogbo
			Ẹ̀gbádò	Ìjàká	gbogbo
			Kétu/Ànàgó	Kétu	gbogbo
		Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	kpóó
				Atakpamé	kpóó
				Boko	kpóó
				Moretan	kpóó
				Tchetti	kpó
		Kura		Awotébi	bugbó
				Partago	gbùgbo
		Mɔ̄kɔ́lé		Kandi	féí
		Northern Nago		Kambole	gúdúgúdú
				Manigri	gúdúgúdú
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.