ọrọ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oro"

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ̀-là, compare with Igala ọ̀là

Lẹ́tà àti ọ̀rọ̀

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.ɾɔ̀/

Noun

ọ̀rọ̀

1. word, phrase, uttering
2. matter, affair

Synonyms

Yoruba varieties and languages: ọ̀rọ̀ (“word”)
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Language family	Variety group	Variety/language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ào			ọfọ̀
			Ìdóàní		ọfọ̀
		Ìjẹ̀bú			ọ̀rọ̀
			Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	ọ̀rọ̀
				Àgọ́ Ìwòyè	ọ̀rọ̀
				Ìjẹ̀bú Igbó	ọ̀rọ̀
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	ọ̀rọ̀
				Ìkẹ́nnẹ́	ọ̀rọ̀
				Ìkòròdú	ọ̀rọ̀
				Òde Rẹ́mọ	ọ̀rọ̀
				Ṣágámù	ọ̀rọ̀
		Ifọ́n			ọfọ̀
			Ifọ́n		ọfọ̀
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)			ọfọ̀
			Òkìtìpupa		ọfọ̀
		Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)			ọfọ̀
			Mahin		ọfọ̀
			Òde Ùgbò		ọfọ̀
			Òde Etíkàn		ọfọ̀
		Oǹdó			ètítò
			Oǹdó		ètítò
		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)			ọfọ̀
			Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)		ọfọ̀
		Usẹn			ọfọ̀
			Usẹn		ọfọ̀
	Ìtsẹkírì				ọ̀fọ̀
		Ìwẹrẹ			ọ̀fọ̀
	Olùkùmi				ọfọ̀
		Ugbódù			ọfọ̀
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ọfọ̀
				Òdè Èkìtì	ọfọ̀
				Òmùò Èkìtì	ọfọ̀
				Awó Èkìtì	ọfọ̀
				Ìfàkì Èkìtì	ọfọ̀
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	ọfọ̀
		Western Àkókó			ọfọ̀
			Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó		ọfọ̀
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì			ọ̀rọ̀
			Èbúté Mẹ́tà		ọ̀rọ̀
			Ìgbẹsà		ọ̀rọ̀
			Ọ̀tà		ọ̀rọ̀
			Agége		ọ̀rọ̀
			Ìlogbò Erémi		ọ̀rọ̀
		Ẹ̀gbá			ọ̀rọ̀
			Abẹ́òkúta		ọ̀rọ̀
		Ẹ̀gbádò	Ayétòrò		ọ̀rọ̀
			Igbógila		ọ̀rọ̀
			Ìjàká		ọ̀rọ̀
			Ìlaròó		ọ̀rọ̀
			Ìṣàwọ́njọ		ọ̀rọ̀
		Èkó			ọ̀rọ̀
			Èkó		ọ̀rọ̀
		Ìbàdàn			ọ̀rọ̀
			Ìbàdàn		ọ̀rọ̀
		Ìbàràpá			ọ̀rọ̀
			Igbó Òrà		ọ̀rọ̀
			Èrúwà		ọ̀rọ̀
		Ìbọ̀lọ́			ọ̀rọ̀
			Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)		ọ̀rọ̀
			Ọ̀fà		ọ̀rọ̀
		Ìlọrin			ọ̀rọ̀
			Ìlọrin		ọ̀rọ̀
		Oǹkó	Òtù		ọ̀rọ̀
			Ìwéré Ilé		ọ̀rọ̀
			Òkèhò		ọ̀rọ̀
			Ìsẹ́yìn		ọ̀rọ̀
			Ṣakí		ọ̀rọ̀
			Tedé		ọ̀rọ̀
			Ìgbẹ́tì		ọ̀rọ̀
		Ọ̀yọ́			ọ̀rọ̀
			Ọ̀yọ́		ọ̀rọ̀
			Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́)		ọ̀rọ̀
			Ìkirè		ọ̀rọ̀
			Ìwó		ọ̀rọ̀
		Standard Yorùbá	Nàìjíríà		ọ̀rọ̀
			Bɛ̀nɛ̀		ɔ̀rɔ̀
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìyàgbà			ọ̀rọ̀
			Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó		ọ̀rọ̀
		Owé			ọ̀rọ̀
			Kabba		ọ̀rọ̀
	Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà)			afɔ̀
			Baàtɛ		afɔ̀
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	ɔ̀rɔ̀
				Ọ̀húnbẹ́	ọ̀rọ̀
				Onigbolo	ɔ̀rɔ̀
			Kétu/Ànàgó	Ìlárá	ọ̀rọ̀
				Ìdọ̀fà	ọ̀rọ̀
				Ìmẹ̀kọ	ọ̀rọ̀
				Ìwòyè Kétu	ọ̀rọ̀
				Kétu	ɔ̀rɔ̀
		Ifɛ̀	Akpáré		afɔ̀
			Atakpamɛ		afɔ̀
			Boko		afɔ̀
Est-Mono			afɔ̀
Moretan			afɔ̀
Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)			afɔ̀
Mɔ̄kɔ́lé			ide
	Kandi		ide
	Kpɛdɛ		ide
Southern Nago	Ìsakété		ɔ̀rɔ̀
	Ìfànyìn		ɔ̀rɔ̀
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.

Derived terms

• ẹ̀dà òye-ọ̀rọ̀ (“a paraphrase”)
• fọ̀rọ̀ wá ọ̀rọ̀ wò lẹ́nu (“to interview”)
• kókó-ọ̀rọ̀ (“theme, main idea”)
• ọlọ́rọ̀ (“speaker”)
• ọ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀yìn (“gossip”)
• ọ̀rọ̀ àgbà (“wise words, words of the elders”)
• ọ̀rọ̀ àjọsọ (“group discussion”)
• ọ̀rọ̀ àkànlò (“idiom”)
• ọ̀rọ̀ àṣírí (“a secret matter, classified”)
• ọ̀rọ̀ àwàdà (“a joke”)
• ọ̀rọ̀ àìbófin-ilé-ìgbìmọ̀-aṣòfin-mu (“unparliamentary language”)
• ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ (“noun”)
• ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe (“verb”)
• ọ̀rọ̀kọ́rọ̀ (“any word, a bad word”)
• sọ̀rọ̀ (“to talk, to speak”)
• àká-ọ̀rọ̀ (“lexicon”)
• ìfọ̀rọ̀dárà (“word play”)
• ìfọ̀rọ̀wánilẹ́nuwò (“interview”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.ɾɔ̀/

Noun

ọ̀rọ̀

1. (mythological) a supernatural fairy or spirit, believed to reside in physical objects and possess people

   Synonym: iwin

   Ọmọ yìí ti ya ọ̀rọ̀ ― This child has become a mysterious being.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ̀/

Noun

ọrọ̀

1. wealth, riches

   Synonym: ọlà

Derived terms

• ọlọ́rọ̀ (“wealthy person”)

Etymology 4

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/

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.ɾɔ̀/, /ɔ̀.ɽɔ̀/

Noun

ọ̀rọ̀

1. (Ekiti) wall

   Synonyms: ìgànná, ògiri

Usage notes

• Only used by Northern speakers of the Ekiti dialect, not by speakers of the Akure Subdialect (consisting of the southern part of the Ekiti speaking region)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ̀/

Noun

ọrọ̀

1. matters, a concern of great urgency, issue

Derived terms

• ọrọ̀-ajé (“business”)

Etymology 6

Ọrọ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ̄/

Noun

ọrọ

1. the tree Antiaris toxicaria

Etymology 7

Ọrọ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ̄/, /ɔ̄.ɾɔ́/

Noun

ọrọ or ọrọ́

1. The plants of the Euphorbia genus, specifically Euphorbia kamerunica, often misidentified as a cactus due to their similar appearances

Alternative forms

• ọrọ́ agogo
• ọrọ́ aláìdan

Etymology 8

Ọrọ́ (Ansel Adams, 1941)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ́/

Noun

ọrọ́

1. Any of the various species of cactus, or a variety of other species of the Euphorbia genus and other genera erroneously identified as cactus

Derived terms

• ọrọ́ agogo (“a plant of the genus Euphorbia, specifically Euphorbia kamerunica”)
• ọrọ́ aláìdan (“a plant of the genus Euphorbia”)
• ọrọ́ eléwé (“a plant of species Euphorbia hirta”)
• ọrọ́ ẹnukòpiyè (“a plant of the genus Euphorbia”)
• ọrọ́ ọ̀pẹ (“a fern of the genus Pteris”)

Etymology 9

Ọrọ́ méjì

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ́/, /ɔ̀.ɾɔ́/

Noun

ọrọ́ or ọ̀rọ́

1. The plants Nesogordonia papaverifera and Sterculia rhinopetala of the former Sterculiaceae family

Etymology 10

Ọrọ́

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ́/

Noun

ọrọ́

1. the plant Strophanthus hispidus