ọ̀rọ̀
noun
/ɔ̀.ɾɔ̀/ /ɔ̀.ɽɔ̀/
Definitions
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Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 3 entries spelled “ọ̀rọ̀”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Etymology
An old Proto-Yoruboid form only maintained in the Ekiti dialect and Igala language, see Igala ọ̀dọ̀, perhaps derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ̀-ɗɔ̀. Some linguists of the Ekiti dialect suggest the r in this word is /ɽ/, differing from the usual /ɾ/
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Source: Wiktionary · etymology 4,
where this word is spelled “ọrọ”.
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