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

word, phrase, uttering
matter, affair

Synonyms

Yoruba varieties (word)

Language Family	Variety Group	Variety	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìjẹ̀bú	ọ̀rọ̀
		Ìkálẹ̀	ọfọ̀
		Ìlàjẹ	ọfọ̀
		Oǹdó	ètítò
		Ọ̀wọ̀	ọfọ̀
		Usẹn	ọfọ̀
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	ọfọ̀
		Ifẹ̀	-
		Ìgbómìnà	-
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà	-
		Western Àkókó	ọfọ̀
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì	ọ̀rọ̀
		Ẹ̀gbá	-
		Ìbàdàn	ọ̀rọ̀
		Òǹkò	ọ̀rọ̀
		Ọ̀yọ́	ọ̀rọ̀
		Standard Yorùbá	ọ̀rọ̀
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìbùnú	-
		Ìjùmú	-
		Ìyàgbà	-
		Owé	ọ̀rọ̀
		Ọ̀wọ̀rọ̀	-

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

(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

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

(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

matters, a concern of great urgency, issue

Derived terms

ọrọ̀-ajé (“business”)

Etymology 6

Ọrọ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ̄/

Noun

ọrọ

the tree Antiaris toxicaria

Etymology 7

Ọrọ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ̄/, /ɔ̄.ɾɔ́/

Noun

ọrọ or ọrọ́

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

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

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

Etymology 10

Ọrọ́

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.ɾɔ́/

Noun

ọrọ́

the plant Strophanthus hispidus

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