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Yoruba

Gbòǹgbò igi

Etymology

Noun sense derives from the ideophone sense

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡ͡bò.ŋ̀.ɡ͡bò/

Ideophone

gbòǹgbò

1. (of an object) to be protruding, large, and heavy

   ilé náà gbòǹgbò ― The house was large

Derived terms

• Agbòǹgbò-àkàlà (“A Yoruba nickname”)
• agbòǹgbò

Related terms

• gbòǹgbò-gbòǹgbò
• gbòǹgbògbò

Noun

gbòǹgbò

1. plant root

   Synonyms: egbò, ẹ̀kàn, egbòogi

   àfòmọ́ kò ní gbòǹgbò, gbogbo igi níí bá tan ― Mistetoe has no roots, hence it is friendly with any standing tree (proverb on dependency)

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - gbòǹgbò (“root”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	gbòrìgbò
		Ìkálẹ̀		Òkìtìpupa	egbògbò
		Oǹdó		Oǹdó	egbìgbò
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	egbìgbò
				Ìfàkì Èkìtì	gbòǹgbò
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	egbìgbò, gbòǹgbò
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	egbìgbò
	Northwest Yoruba	Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	gbòǹgbò
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	gbòǹgbò
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	gbòǹgbò, egbòogi, egbò
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	gbòǹgbò, egbòogi, egbò
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìyàgbà		Yàgbà East LGA	ìtàkùn
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ana		Sokode	ogùgù
		Cábɛ̀ɛ́		Cábɛ̀ɛ́	icɛn
				Tchaourou	icɛn
		Ìcà		Bantè	icɔ̃, n̄cɔ̃
		Ìdàácà	Benin	Igbó Ìdàácà	egùgù
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	igbò
			Kétu/Ànàgó	Kétu	igbò
		Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	ogùgù
				Atakpamé	ogùgù
				Boko	ogùgù
				Moretan	icã
				Tchetti	ogùgù
		Kura		Partago	ecá
		Mɔ̄kɔ́lé		Kandi	icã
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.