Sọ̀rọ̀ SókèThe People’s
Yorùbá Dictionary
a pron /ā/
Definitions
  1. we (first-person plural personal subject pronoun)
    Ó yẹ kí a dọ̀bálẹ̀ fún àwọn àgbàlagbà tí a máa ń pàdé. It's necessary that we prostrate for elders that we meet.
    A à tí ì rí wọn lónìí, ṣùgbọ́n a máa lọ sí báńkì lọ́la láti bá wọn sọ̀rọ̀. We haven't seen them yet today, but we'll go to the bank tomorrow to talk to them.
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 3 entries spelled “a”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
a character · etym. 1 The first letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called á and written in the Latin script. a pron · etym. 3 him, her, it (third-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a high-tone /a/)
Etymology
Likely a clipping of àwa (“we (emphatic pronoun)”)
Used in
káràkátànounAbím̄bọ́lánamea dúpẹ́intj
Possibly used in
awọ́nnounagbọ́nnounagbọ̀nnounIlẹ̀ Adúláwọ̀nameẹ̀rọ ayárabíàṣánounẹ̀rọ amúlétutùnounẹ̀rọ asọ̀rọ̀mágbèsìnounatàwénounìwé agbéròyìnjádenounAtinúkẹ́namekàrí bi kúọ ti aphraseatajúnounAṣíwájúnameAlápinninamea ò kí ń dúpẹ́ ará ẹni!intj
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 2, where this word is spelled “a”. Reference: en-a-yo-pron-ZkUHzepw