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.

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