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Yoruba
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]A much newer term for salt, to see more historic and older forms for salt, see Yoruba oghun (Owe)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]iyọ̀
Synonyms
[edit]| Yoruba Varieties and Languages - iyọ̀ (“salt”) | ||||
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | iyọ̀ |
| Ìlàjẹ | Mahin | oghun | ||
| Oǹdó | Oǹdó | oghun | ||
| Ọ̀wọ̀ | Ọ̀wọ̀ | oghun | ||
| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | uwanguẹ́ | ||
| Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | ówún | ||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ịyọ̀ |
| Àkúrẹ́ | ịyọ̀ | |||
| Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ịyọ̀ | |||
| Ìgbómìnà | Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún | iyọ̀ | ||
| Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA | iyọ̀ | |||
| Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA | iyọ̀ | |||
| Ìsin LGA | iyọ̀ | |||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | iyọ̀ | |
| Èkó | Èkó | iyọ̀ | ||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | iyọ̀ | ||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | iyọ̀ | ||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | iyọ̀ | ||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | iyọ̀ | ||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | iyɔ̀ | |||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Kabba | oghun | |
| Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ana | Sokode | owũ | |
| Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | iyɔ̀ | ||
| Tchaourou | iyɔ̀ | |||
| Ìcà | Agoua | iyɔ̀ | ||
| Ìdàácà | Igbó Ìdàácà | owun | ||
| Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | iyɔ̀ | ||
| Kétu | iyɔ̀ | |||
| Onigbolo | iyɔ̀ | |||
| Yewa | iyọ̀ | |||
| Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | owũ | ||
| Atakpamé | owũ | |||
| Boko | owũ | |||
| Moretan | owũ | |||
| Tchetti | oŋu | |||
| Kura | Awotébi | ómú | ||
| Partago | íní, ínú | |||
| Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | imu | ||
| Northern Nago | Kambole | iyɔ̀ | ||
| Manigri | iyɔ̀ | |||
Derived terms
[edit]- iyọ̀ òyìnbó (“sugar”)
Etymology 2
[edit]ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yọ (“to remove, to subtract”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ìyọ