ọjọ́
noun
/ɔ̄.d͡ʒɔ́/
Definitions
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day
Used inPossibly used inKọ́jọ́dátraditional calendar Wiktionary points at “Kọ́jọ́dá”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “Kọ́jọ́da”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “Kọ́jọ́dá” may be a word nobody has written up yet. Kọ́jọ́da The Yoruba calendar, originally used among the Ìjẹ̀bú people. It originally was a lunar calendar consisting of 4 days, 91 weeks, and 13 months with 7 weeks in each month. The first month is Òkúdù (“June”). It was later modernized to be consistent with the Gregorian calendar
Etymology
Cognate with Igala ọ́jọ́, ultimately proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-jɔ́, equivalent to *ɔ́- (“nominalizing prefix”) + *jɔ́. The meaning of the verb *jɔ́ could relate to the traditional significance of the symbolic of the sunrise and the "beginning," that the day brings. The divine nature of the day is reflected in the Igala and Yoruba traditional religions, where the personification of the day serves as the Supreme divinity of the Igala religion Ọ́jọ́ and as a primordial divinity in Ìṣẹ̀ṣe, Ọlọ́jọ́. See ọdún Ọlọ́jọ́.
Used in
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ọjọ”.
Reference:
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