ọbuntun

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *ɔ-bʊtʊ̃ (“maiden”), see Ifè àbitɔ̃

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ̄.bũ̄.tũ̄/

Noun

ọbuntun

  1. (archaic) maiden, newlywed bride
    Synonyms: omidan, wúńdíá, ọ̀ṣìngín, ọmọụ́dọn
    A dá fún Ọ̀yẹ̀ nígbàtí ó ń lọ gbé ọbuntun àdúgbò wá ilé
    We divine for Ọ̀yẹ̀, when he is going to bring the maiden in the neighborhood home

References
  • Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN
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