# irawọ
## Yoruba
### Etymology 1

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ìlàwɔ̀, cognate with Igala ìlàwò

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ì.ɾà.wɔ̀/

#### Noun

ìràwọ̀
* star, celestial object, celestial body
* asterisk (*)
    Synonym: àmì ìràwọ̀

##### Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ìràwọ̀ (“star”) :
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ào | Ìdóàní | ọ̀ràọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | agura |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ị̀ràọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ị̀ràọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ị̀ràọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ìràwọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ìjàká | ìràwọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Èkó | Èkó | Èkó | ìràwọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ìràwọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàràpá | Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | ìràwọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | ìràwọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Ọ̀fà | ìràwọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ìràwọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Òtù | ǹràwọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìwéré Ilé | ǹràwọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Òkèhò | ǹràwọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìsẹ́yìn | ǹràwọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ṣakí | ǹràwọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Tedé | ǹràwọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìgbẹ́tì | ǹràwọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ìràwọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́) | ìràwọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ìràwọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ìràwɔ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Owé | Kabba | ìràwọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ana | Ana | Sokode | ìwɔ̀dà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú) | ìràwɔ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Tchaourou | ìràwɔ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Baàtɛ | ààro |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | àràwò |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | ìràwɔ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Onigbolo | ìràwɔ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Kétu/Ànàgó | Kétu | ìràwɔ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | àràwo |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Atakpamɛ | àrã̀wo |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Boko | àrã̀wo |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Est-Mono | àrã̀wo |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Moretan | àrã̀wo |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | àrã̀wo |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Kura | Kura | Awotébi | erãwɔ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Kura | Kura | Partago | erãwɔ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | lèléiàrɔ̃, leleaɔ̃ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Northern Nago | Northern Nago | Kambole | ãràwó, àǹwé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Northern Nago | Northern Nago | Manigri | awe |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Southern Nago | Southern Nago | Ìsakété | ìràwɔ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Southern Nago | Southern Nago | Ìfànyìn | ìràwɔ̀ |
| 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. ||||||

##### Derived terms

* atukọ̀súnmọ́ràwọ̀ (“astronaut”)
* awòràwọ̀ (“astrologer”)
* onímọ̀-ìràwọ̀ (“astronomer”)
* àmì ìràwọ̀ (“asterisk”)
* ìmọ̀ ìràwọ̀ (“astronomy”)
* ìmọ̀ ìtukọ̀súnmọ́ràwọ̀ (“astronautics”)
* ìràwọlẹ̀ (“Richardia brasiliensis”)
* ìràwọ̀ onírù (“comet”)
* ìràwọ̀-ayóòrùnká (“planet”)
* ìràwọ̀-ilẹ̀ (“Green Borreria”)
* ìwòràwọ̀ (“astrology”)

##### Descendants

* → Ayere: irawɔ

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ì.ɾà.wɔ̀/

#### Noun

ìràwọ̀
* beetle, specifically the scarab beetle and Goliath beetle
    Synonyms: ọ̀bọ̀n-ùn-bọn-ùn, ọlọ́bọ̀n-ùnbọn-ùn