yọ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yo"

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔ̀/

Verb

yọ̀

1. (intransitive) to rejoice, to become elated

Usage notes

• yọ before a direct object or noun

Derived terms

• ayọ̀ (“joy”)
• ìyọ̀ (“elation”)
• yíyọ̀
• yọ̀ṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔ̀/

Verb

yọ̀

1. (intransitive) to slip

   mo yọ̀ ṣubú ― I slipped and fell

2. (intransitive) to be slippery or slimy

   ilẹ̀ ẹ́ yọ̀ ― The ground is slippery

3. to be mucilaginous (as a soup or stew), to draw, to be slimy

   ọbẹ̀ ewédú yọ̀ ― The ewedu soup is mucilaginous

Usage notes

• yọ before a direct object or noun

Derived terms

• ìyọ̀
• yọ̀ṣubú (“to slip and fall”)

Etymology 3

Possibly related to Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔ̀/

Verb

yọ̀

1. (transitive) to make fun of or ridicule someone, to deride someone, to rejoice in someone's failure or problems

   ọ̀tá mi má yọ̀mí, bí mo bá ṣubú, èmí á tún dìde ― My enemy, do not rejoice in my pain, if I fall, I shall get up

Usage notes

• yọ before a direct object or noun

Derived terms

• ìyọ̀
• yọni

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔ̄/

Verb

yọ

1. (transitive) to delete, to remove, to throw away

   o ò bá Ọya mawo, o ò ba Ògún mulẹ̀, o ní abẹ́rẹ́ẹ̀ rẹ́ bọ́ sódò, o fẹ́ẹ́ yọ ọ́!

   You aren't close with the orisha Oya, you don't have an arrangement with the orisha Ogun, you claim that your needle has dropped into the river, and yet you dare to try and remove it!

   (proverb against deadly risks)

2. (idiomatic, transitive) to rescue, deliver (literally, to remove someone from danger), to pull out, to bring

   ìbínú níí yọ ọfà lápó, ohùn rere níí yọ obì lápò ― It is anger that causes someone to pull out an arrow from a quiver, a gentle voice will instead bring forth a kola nut (proverb on cause and effect)

3. (intransitive) to emerge, to stick out, to appear

   òṣùpá yọ ― The moon has emerged

Derived terms

• ẹyọ
• ẹ̀yọ
• yọba (“to depose a monarch”)
• yọṣe (“to slack off work”)
• yíyọ
• ìyọ

 

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jɔ̄/

Verb

yọ

1. to (intransitive) emerge, to stick out, to appear

   òṣùpá yọ ― The moon has emerged

2. (horticulture, intransitive) to sprout, to grow

   Synonyms: hù, hù jáde, so

   àgbàdó ti yọmọ ― The corn plant has sprouted cobs

Derived terms

• ẹyọ
• ẹ̀yọ
• yọmọ (“to bear fruit”)
• yíyọ
• ìyọ

 

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔ̄/

Verb

yọ

1. (transitive) to rescue, to deliver, to save

   Orí i rẹ̀ẹ́ yọ ọ́ ― His Orí rescued him

Derived terms

• ìyọ
• yíyọ
• yọnínú-ewú (“to rescue from danger”)

Etymology 7

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔ́/

Verb

yọ́

1. (intransitive) to slip off, to glide off something

Derived terms

• fáwẹ̀lì ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ (“diphthong”)
• ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ (“gliding tone”)
• ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́rodò (“falling tone”)
• ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ròkè (“rising tone”)
• Ọ̀yọ́ (“Ọ̀yọ́ town and subethnic group”)
• yíyọ́
• àmì ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́rodò (“falling tone mark”)
• àmì ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ròkè (“rising tone mark”)
• ìyọ́

 

Etymology 8

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔ́/

Verb

yọ́

1. (intransitive) to sneak around, to do something stealthily,

   bọ́mọdé bá ń yọ́ ilẹ̀ẹ́ dà, ohun abẹ́nú a máa yọ́ ọ ṣe ― If a child is treacherously sneaking around the house, he gets bitten by hidden things (proverb on the direct negative effect of treachery)

Derived terms

• yọ́ṣe
• yíyọ́
• ìyọ́

 

Etymology 9

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔ́/

Verb

yọ́

1. (intransitive) to shine, to be shiny, to be smooth, to be glossy

Derived terms

• yọ́mìnìmìnì
• yíyọ́
• ìyọ́

 

Etymology 10

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔ́/

Verb

yọ́

1. (transitive, ergative) to dissolve, to melt, to smelt

   òrí yọ́ ― The shea butter melted

Derived terms

• ilé-iṣẹ́ ayọ́-epolẹ̀ (“petroleum refinery”)
• yọ́po (“to refine oil”)
• yọ́rin (“iron smelting”)
• yíyọ́
• ìyọ́ (“smelting”)

 

Etymology 11

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔ́/

Verb

yọ́

1. (transitive) to drain, to sift from water, to filter

Derived terms

• ìyọ́
• yíyọ́