ọya

See also: Ọya, oya, Oya, and -ʼoyą

Igala

Alternative forms

• ọ́yáà

Etymology

From Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-yà. Cognate with Yoruba aya and the Ekiti Yoruba form, ọyà

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ́.jà/

Noun

ọ́yà

1. wife

References

• John Idakwoji (2015 February 12) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN

Yoruba

Ọkùnrin pẹ̀lú ọ̀yà

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.jà/

Noun

ọ̀yà

1. cane rat, grasscutter

   Synonyms: ewújù, òkúrù

Derived terms

• òdù ọ̀yà

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.jà/

Noun

ọ̀yà

1. labor

   Synonym: iṣẹ́

Derived terms

• owó ọ̀yà (“wage”)
• ìsanwó-ọ̀yà

Etymology 3

ọ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ya (“to tear, to split”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.jā/

Noun

ọ̀ya

1. something that is forked

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.jā/

Noun

ọ̀ya

1. someone who is castrated, eunuch

   Synonym: òkóbó

Etymology 5

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *ɔ-yà, from Proto-Edekiri *ɔ-yà, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-yà.

Alternative forms

• ayà (Ekiti)
• aya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.jà/

Noun

ọyà

1. (Ekiti, Owe) wife

   Synonyms: ọbị̀nrịn, ọbụ̀rịn, abílékọ

Derived terms

• Not used by speakers of Ekiti dialect in the southern part of the region, including speakers of the Akure sub-dialect