ọmọ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "omo"

Edo

Etymology

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Edoid *-mɔ. Cognate with Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-mã, Ayere omo, Urhobo ọ́mọ́, Igala ọ́ma, Itsekiri ọma, and Yoruba ọmọ. Possibly related to Igbo ụmụ̀

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.mɔ̃́/

Noun

ọmọ

1. child

Derived terms

• ọmobọ (“infant”)
• ọmerhan (“fruit”)
• ọmotọ (“native, indigene”)
• ọmọmọ (“baby”)
• Ọmọ (“appellation of the Oba of Benin”)

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ọma

Etymology

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruba *ɔ-mã, from Proto-Edekiri *ɔ-mã, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-mã, Cognates include Igala ọ́ma, Itsekiri ọma, and Edo ọmọ. It is related to roots meaning "to beget," or "to give birth to," suggesting *mã to be an obsolete root meaning "to give birth to."

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.mɔ̃̄/

Noun

ọmọ

1. child

   Synonym: ọmọdé

2. offspring
3. The smallest entity in a pair or group, the smaller tool in a set.
4. freeborn child; someone not born into slavery

   Antonym: ẹrú

   Ìbí kò yàtọ̀, bí a ṣe bẹ́rú la bọ́mọ ― Birth is not different; the enslaved were born in the same way as the freeborn

5. (orthography) subdot (◌̣)

   Synonym: ìrù

   Ẹ má gbàgbé láti yán ọmọ nídìí ọ̀rọ̀ ― Don't forget to put subdots under the words.

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ọmọ (“child”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ào	Ìdóàní	ọmọ
		Eastern Àkókó	Àkùngbá Àkókó	ọma
		Ìdànrè	Ìdànrè	ọma
		Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	ọmọ
			Ìkòròdú	ọmọ
			Ṣágámù	ọmọ
			Ẹ̀pẹ́	ọmọ
		Ìkálẹ̀	Òkìtìpupa	ọma
		Ìlàjẹ	Mahin	ọma
		Oǹdó	Oǹdó	ọma
		Ọ̀wọ̀	Ọ̀wọ̀	ọma
		Usẹn	Usẹn	ọma
	Ìtsẹkírì		Ìwẹrẹ	ọma
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ọmọ
			Àkúrẹ́	ọmọ
			Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	ọmọ
		Ifẹ̀	Ilé Ifẹ̀	ọmọ
		Ìgbómìnà	Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún	ọmọ
			Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA	ọmọ
			Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA	ọmọ
			Ìsin LGA	ọmọ
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà	Iléṣà	ọmọ
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì	Èbúté Mẹ́tà	ọmọ
		Ẹ̀gbá	Abẹ́òkúta	ọmọ
		Èkó	Èkó	ọmọ
		Ìbàdàn	Ìbàdàn	ọmọ
		Ìbàràpá	Igbó Òrà	ọmọ
		Ìbọ̀lọ́	Òṣogbo	ọmọ
		Ìlọrin	Ìlọrin	ọmọ
		Oǹkó	Ìtẹ̀síwájú LGA	ọmọ
			Ìwàjówà LGA	ọmọ
			Kájọlà LGA	ọmọ
			Ìsẹ́yìn LGA	ọmọ
			Ṣakí West LGA	ọmọ
			Atisbo LGA	ọmọ
			Ọlọ́runṣògo LGA	ọmọ
		Ọ̀yọ́	Ọ̀yọ́	ọmọ
		Standard Yorùbá	Nàìjíríà	ọmọ
			Bɛ̀nɛ̀	ɔmɔ
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìyàgbà	Yàgbà East LGA	ọmọ
		Owé	Kabba	ọmọ
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ana	Sokode	ɔmɔ
		Cábɛ̀ɛ́	Cábɛ̀ɛ́	ɔmɔ
			Tchaourou	ɔmɔ
		Ìcà	Agoua	ɔmɔ
		Ìdàácà	Igbó Ìdàácà	ɔma
		Ìjɛ/Ọ̀họ̀rí	Onigbolo	ɔmɔ
			Yewa	ọmọ
		Ifɛ̀	Akpáré	ɔma
			Atakpamé	ɔmɔ
			Boko	ɔmɔ
			Est-Mono	ɔmɔ
			Moretan	ɔma
			Tchetti	ɔma
		Kura	Aledjo-Koura	mání
			Awotébi	mání
			Partago	mání
		Mɔ̄kɔ́lé	Kandi	ama
		Northern Nago	Kambole	ɔma
			Manigri	ɔma
		Southern Nago	Kétu	ɔmu
			Ìkpɔ̀bɛ́	ɔmɔ

Interjection

ọmọ!

1. (informal) Used to express excitement, surprise, astonishment, pleasure, disgust etc.

Usage notes

(smaller tool in a set): For example, between an anvil and mallet, the smaller one of the pair is known as the ọmọ (ọmọwú).

Coordinate terms

• (child): ìyá

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• akọ́mọlédè (“language teacher”)
• gbọ́mọgbọ́mọ (“kidnapper”)
• ọlọ́mọ (“one who has a child”)
• ọmọ ẹgbẹ́ (“member”)
• ọmọ ilé ìwé (“school student”)
• ọmọ odù (“240 major signs in Ifá divination”)
• ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ (“servant”)
• ọmọ àlè (“illegitimate child”)
• ọmọ ìka ẹsẹ̀ (“toes”)
• ọmọ-ọwọ́ (“baby”)
• ọmọba (“princess, prince”)
• ọmọdó (“pestle”)
• ọmọge (“young lady”)
• ọmọkọ́mọ (“naughty child”)
• ọmọlanke (“wheelbarrow”)
• ọmọlọ (“smaller grinding stone”)
• ọmọlétí (“eardrum”)
• ọmọlúwàbí
• ọmọnìyàn (“humanity”)
• ọmọnílé (“gecko”)
• ọmọrí (“lid”)
• ọmọwú (“mallet, sledgehammer”)
• ìkọ́mọjáde (“naming ceremony”)
• ìsọmọlórúkọ (“naming ceremony”)

 

Descendants

• → Nigerian Pidgin: omo