ijapa

Yoruba

Ìjàpá (1)

Ìjàpá (2)

Etymology

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ jàpá (“the motion of one moving awkwardly”, ideophone), literally “That which moves around awkwardly”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.d͡ʒà.k͡pá/

Noun

ìjàpá

1. tortoise, turtle

   Synonym: ahun

2. (by extension) Beetle

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ìjàpá (“tortoise, turtle”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	ọlọ́bawun
		Oǹdó		Oǹdó	ọnié
	Ìtsẹkírì			Ìwẹrẹ	olukume
	Olùkùmi			Ugbódù	ághọ́n
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ìjàpá, aụn, alábaụn, ọlọ́baụn
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	ìjàpá, aụn, alábaụn, ọlọ́baụn
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	ìjàpá, aụn, alábaụn, ọlọ́baụn
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì		Èbúté Mẹ́tà	ìjàpá, awun, alábawun
		Èkó		Èkó	ìjàpá, awun, alábawun
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	ìjàpá, ahun, alábahun
		Ìbàràpá		Igbó Òrà	ìjàpá, ahun, alábahun
		Ìbọ̀lọ́		Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)	ìjàpá, ahun, alábahun
				Ọ̀fà	ìjàpá, ahun, alábahun
		Ìgbómìnà		Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA	ìjàpá
				Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA	alábaun
				Ìsin LGA	ìjàpá
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	ìjàpá, ahun, alábahun
		Oǹkó		Òtù	ìjàpá, ahun, alábahun
				Ìwéré Ilé	ìjàpá, ahun, alábahun
				Òkèhò	ìjàpá, ahun, alábahun
				Ìsẹ́yìn	ìjàpá, ahun, alábahun
				Ṣakí	ìjàpá, ahun, alábahun
				Tedé	ìjàpá, ahun, alábahun
				Ìgbẹ́tì	ìjàpá, ahun, alábahun
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	ìjàpá, ahun, alábahun
				Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́)	ìjàpá, ahun, alábahun
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	ìjàpá, ahun, awun, alábawun
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	ìjàkpá, ahun, awun, alábawun
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Owé		Kabba	ọbaun
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ana		Sokode	ɔ̀kpɔ̀lɔ́
		Cábɛ̀ɛ́		Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)	ògìdɛ́n, ìjàkpá
				Tchaourou	ògìdɛ́n
		Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà)		Baàtɛ	ògìdɔ̃́
		Ìdàácà	Benin	Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)	ògìdán, áwìrì
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	ògìdán
				Onigbolo	agidan
			Kétu/Ànàgó	Kétu	ògìdán
		Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	ègìɖã́
				Atakpamɛ	ègìɖã́
				Boko	ègìdã́
				Est-Mono	ègìɖã́
				Moretan	ògìdã́
				Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)	ègìɖã́
		Kura		Awotébi	ahaowo
				Partago	abãõ
		Mɔ̄kɔ́lé		Kandi	baawɔ̃
		Northern Nago		Kambole	àjàkpá
				Manigri	ògìdã́
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.

See also

• ẹwìrì (“sea turtle”)