ọgẹdẹ

See also: ogede

Yoruba

Ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀

Alternative forms

• ẹ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ (Eastern Àkókó)

Etymology

Cognates include Edo ọghẹdẹ and Igbo ògèdè, Igbo ọ̀gèdè. This may be reconstructed to Proto-Yoruboid if such a term existed for an older food crop not bananas. Bananas reached West Africa centuries after the Proto-Yoruboid language had dispersed, but may have come in contact with Proto-Yoruba speakers. Thus, it is unclear if this term was borrowed and then transversed the many people groups as they traded and came into contact with the banana (see the term kòkódìà), or if a semantic shift occurred (see the term ọkà).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.ɡɛ̀.dɛ̀/

Noun

ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀

1. banana , plantain

   Synonym: ìbàtíyàn (Ìkálẹ̀)

   ọ̀kín níí ṣolóríi gbogbo ẹyẹ; àgbagbà níí ṣolóríi gbogbo ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀

   It is the peacock that is the head of all birds; it is plantain that is the head of all types of banana

Derived terms

• odi ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
• ọlọ́gẹ̀dẹ̀ (“plantain seller”)
• ọtí ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ abo
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ dòdò
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ dúdú
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ lóbòóye
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ pípọ́n
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ wẹẹrẹ
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ àgbagbà (“plaintain”)
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ àkìmọ́lẹ̀
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ àpáńtà
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ ìbílẹ̀
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀-lílá
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀-ntiti òyìnbó
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀-odò
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀-ọ̀mìnì
• pàràká ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
• ìtì ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀

 

Descendants

• → Ebira: ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
• → Baatonum: àgẹ̀dẹ̀