ọmọ
noun
/ɔ̄.mɔ̃̄/
spelling unconfirmed
ọma (alternative)
Definitions
- child
- offspring
- The smallest entity in a pair or group, the smaller tool in a set.
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freeborn child; someone not born into slavery
Ìbí kò yàtọ̀, bí a ṣe bẹ́rú la bọ́mọ Birth is not different; the enslaved were born in the same way as the freeborn
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subdot (◌̣)
Ẹ má gbàgbé láti yán ọmọ nídìí ọ̀rọ̀ Don't forget to put subdots under the words.
Etymology
Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruba *ɔ-mã, from Proto-Edekiri *ɔ-mã, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-mã, Cognates include Igala ọ́ma, Itsekiri ọma, Edo ọmọ, Urhobo ọ́mọ́, Isoko ọmọ. It is related to roots meaning "to beget," or "to give birth to," suggesting *mã to be an obsolete root meaning "to give birth to."
Dialectal synonyms “child” 62 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ìdóàní
- ọmọ
- Àkùngbá Àkókó
- ọma
- Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)
- ọma
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- ọmọ
- Ẹ̀pẹ́
- ọmọ
- Ìkòròdú
- ọmọ
- Ṣágámù
- ọmọ
- Òkìtìpupa
- ọma
- Mahin
- ọma
- Oǹdó
- ọma
- Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)
- ọma
- Usẹn
- ọma
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- ọma
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- ọmọ
- Àkúrẹ́
- ọmọ
- Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì
- ọmọ
- Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀)
- ọmọ
- Iléṣà (Uléṣà)
- ọmọ
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- ọmọ
- Abẹ́òkúta
- ọmọ
- Ìjàká
- ọmọ
- Èkó
- ọmọ
- Ìbàdàn
- ọmọ
- Igbó Òrà
- ọmọ
- Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)
- ọmọ
- Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún
- ọmọ
- Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA
- ọmọ
- Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA
- ọmọ
- Ìsin LGA
- ọmọ
- Ìlọrin
- ọmọ
- Òtù
- ọmọ
- Ìwéré Ilé
- ọmọ
- Òkèhò
- ọmọ
- Ìsẹ́yìn
- ọmọ
- Ṣakí
- ọmọ
- Tedé
- ọmọ
- Ìgbẹ́tì
- ọmọ
- Ọ̀yọ́
- ọmọ
- Nàìjíríà
- ọmọ
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- ɔmɔ
Northeast Yoruba/Okun
- Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó
- ọmọ
- Kabba
- ọmọ
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Sokode
- ɔmɔ
- Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)
- ɔmɔ
- Tchaourou
- ɔmɔ
- Baàtɛ
- ɔmɔ
- Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)
- ɔma
- Ìkpòbɛ́
- ɔmɔ
- Onigbolo
- ɔmɔ
- Kétu
- ɔmu
- Akpáré
- ɔma
- Atakpamɛ
- ɔmɔ
- Boko
- ɔmɔ
- Est-Mono
- ɔmɔ
- Moretan
- ɔma
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- ɔma
- Aledjo-Koura
- mání
- Awotébi
- mání
- Partago
- mání
- Kandi
- ama
- Kambole
- ɔma
- Manigri
- ɔma
Used in
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Descendants
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Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ọmọ”.
Reference:
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