Ọ̀yọ́
name
/ɔ̀.jɔ́/
Definitions
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A Yoruba subethnic group who speaks the Ọ̀yọ́ dialect
The Ọ̀yọ́ they were the first Yoruba speaking group to be referred to by the name "Yoruba"Similar words
- a dialect of the Yoruba language spoken by the Ọ̀yọ́ people, it serves as the basis for the modern Standard Yoruba koine (Yorùbá Àjùmọ̀lò)
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Oyo (a city in Nigeria), the modern city of Ọ̀yọ́ founded after the destruction of Ọ̀yọ́-Ilé
Similar wordsỌ̀yọ́ ÀtíbàỌ̀yọ́ Tuntun
- Oyo (a state of Nigeria)
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Old Oyo, the capital of the Ọ̀yọ́ empire until its destruction during the Eleduwe War, (Ogun Elédùwẹ̀) in 1835
Similar wordsỌ̀yọ́-Ilé
- Oyo Empire
Etymology
Folk etymology states it comes from ọ̀- (nominalizing prefix) + yọ́ (“to slide off”), literally “The place that we slide off of (in reference to the slipperiness of the ground)”.
Component words
Used in
Ọ̀yọ́-IléỌ̀yọ́mèsìname
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
Ayɔ̀Gun
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Ọyọ”.
Reference:
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