ọbuntun

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ọbịtụn
• ọbitọn (Ondo)
• obutọn (Owe)

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^[1], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN