ozu

Olukumi

Ózú

Etymology

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *é-jú, cognate with Yoruba ojú, Igala éjú, and Itsekiri ejú.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ó.zú/

Noun

ózú

1. eye
2. face, surface

Derived terms

• ozùmá (“daylight”)
• ozúlé (“family, compound”)
• ózẹ́bọ́ (“shrine”)
• ózúbúná (“hearth, oven”)
• úgwázú (“front, ahead”)

 

Related terms

• órí

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• oçu, ogiu (archaic)
• ollu, oggiu, ogliu (Campidanese)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin oleum.

Noun

ozu m (plural ozos) (LSC, Logudorese, Nuorese)

1. oil

Derived terms

• ozu de olìa

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1012: “l'oglio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “ódzu”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.zú/

Noun

ozú

1. (Ào) Alternative form of ojú (“face, eye”)