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, Isoko ọmọ 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”)

Isoko

Etymology

Proposed to have 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.

Noun

ọmọ (plural ịmọ)

1. child
2. baby

Derived Terms

• ọmọzaị (“boy”)
• ọmọtẹ (“girl”)

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, Edo ọmọ, Urhobo ọ́mọ́, Isoko 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	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ào		Ìdóàní	ọmọ
		Eastern Àkókó	Àkùngbá	Àkùngbá Àkókó	ọma
		Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)		Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)	ọma
		Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	ọmọ
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	ọmọ
				Ìkòròdú	ọmọ
				Ṣágámù	ọmọ
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)		Òkìtìpupa	ọma
		Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)		Mahin	ọma
		Oǹdó		Oǹdó	ọma
		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)	ọma
		Usẹn		Usẹn	ọma
	Ìtsẹkírì			Ìwẹrẹ	ọma
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ọmọ
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	ọmọ
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	ọmọ
		Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀)		Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀)	ọmọ
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà)		Iléṣà (Uléṣà)	ọmọ
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì		Èbúté Mẹ́tà	ọmọ
		Ẹ̀gbá		Abẹ́òkúta	ọmọ
		Ẹ̀gbádò		Ìjàká	ọmọ
		Èkó		Èkó	ọmọ
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	ọmọ
		Ìbàràpá		Igbó Òrà	ọmọ
		Ìbọ̀lọ́		Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)	ọmọ
		Ìgbómìnà		Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún	ọmọ
				Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA	ọmọ
				Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA	ọmọ
				Ìsin LGA	ọmọ
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	ọmọ
		Oǹkó		Òtù	ọmọ
				Ìwéré Ilé	ọmọ
				Òkèhò	ọmọ
				Ìsẹ́yìn	ọmọ
				Ṣakí	ọmọ
				Tedé	ọmọ
				Ìgbẹ́tì	ọmọ
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	ọmọ
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	ọmọ
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	ɔmɔ
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìyàgbà		Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó	ọmọ
		Owé		Kabba	ọmọ
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ana		Sokode	ɔmɔ
		Cábɛ̀ɛ́		Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)	ɔmɔ
				Tchaourou	ɔmɔ
		Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà)		Baàtɛ	ɔmɔ
		Ìdàácà	Benin	Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)	ɔma
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	ɔmɔ
				Onigbolo	ɔmɔ
			Kétu/Ànàgó	Kétu	ɔmu
		Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	ɔma
				Atakpamɛ	ɔmɔ
				Boko	ɔmɔ
				Est-Mono	ɔmɔ
				Moretan	ɔma
				Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)	ɔma
		Kura		Aledjo-Koura	mání
				Awotébi	mání
				Partago	mání
		Mɔ̄kɔ́lé		Kandi	ama
		Northern Nago		Kambole	ɔma
				Manigri	ɔma
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.

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