ọwọ́
noun
/ɔ̄.wɔ́/
ọọ́ (alternative), ọọ̀ (alternative)
Definitions
- hand
- direction, location, side; either right or left
- one hundred naira
- impact, influence, effect
-
handwriting, penmanship
ọwọ́ rẹ̀ ẹ́ dára níwèé Her handwriting is excellent on paper
- care, handling
- time of action or event; current
- possession (literally, "in the hand of someone")
-
active engagement, endorsement
kò lọ́wọ́ sí ọ̀rọ̀ náà He has no hands in the matter
- grip, power, force
-
applause
Similar wordspàtẹ́wọ́verbṣápẹ́
Etymology
Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-ɓɔ́. Cognate with Igala ọ́wọ́, Ayere ɔ́wɔ́, Àhàn ɔɔ, Edo obọ, and Ehueun o-wɔ́. See obọ for a more detailed etymological analysis.
Dialectal synonyms “hand” 44 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ṣúpárè Àkókó
- ọwọ́
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- ọwọ́
- Òkìtìpupa
- ọwọ́
- Usẹn
- ọwọ́
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- ẹwọ́
Olùkùmi
- Ugbódù
- ọ́wọ́
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- ọọ́
- Àkúrẹ́
- ọọ́
- Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì
- ọọ́
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- ọwọ́
- Abẹ́òkúta
- ọwọ́
- Ìjàká
- ọwọ́
- Èkó
- ọwọ́
- Ìbàdàn
- ọwọ́
- Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)
- ọwọ́
- Ìlọrin
- ọwọ́
- Òtù
- ọwọ́
- Ìwéré Ilé
- ọwọ́
- Òkèhò
- ọwọ́
- Ìsẹ́yìn
- ọwọ́
- Ṣakí
- ọwọ́
- Tedé
- ọwọ́
- Ìgbẹ́tì
- ọwọ́
- Ọ̀yọ́
- ọwọ́
- Nàìjíríà
- ọwọ́
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- ɔwɔ́
Northeast Yoruba/Okun
- Kabba
- ọwọ́
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Sokode
- ɔwɔ́
- Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)
- ɔwɔ́
- Tchaourou
- ɔwɔ́
- Baàtɛ
- ɔwɔ́
- Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)
- ɛwɔ́
- Ìkpòbɛ́
- ɔwɔ́
- Onigbolo
- ɔwɔ́
- Kétu
- ɔwɔ́
- Akpáré
- ɔwɔ́
- Atakpamɛ
- ɔwɔ́
- Boko
- ɔwɔ́
- Moretan
- ɔwɔ́
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- ɔwɔ́
- Kandi
- awɔ́
- Kambole
- ɔwɔ́
- Manigri
- ɔwɔ́
Overseas Yoruba
- Havana
- logwóloguó
Used in
Possibly used in
We are not certain about these, for one of two reasons.
Wiktionary says some of them were built from a word spelled like this one, without saying which meaning, so we show each under every meaning it could have come from.
The rest are spelled a little differently from anything here — a tone mark or an underdot apart — so we cannot tell a misspelling of this word from a word that has no page yet.
Both are fixable on Wiktionary, one word at a time. How to help.
ìbọwọ́glove
Wiktionary points at “ìbọwọ́”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “ìbọ̀wọ̀”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “ìbọwọ́” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
ìbọ̀wọ̀
the act of giving or showing respect
ìbọ̀wọ́
gloves
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 4,
where this word is spelled “ọwọ”.
Reference:
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