# yọ
## Yoruba
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɔ̀/

#### Verb

yọ̀
* (intransitive) to rejoice, to become elated

##### Usage notes

* yọ before a direct object or noun

##### Derived terms

* ayọ̀ (“joy”)
* ìyọ̀ (“elation”)
* yíyọ̀
* yọ̀ṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɔ̀/

#### Verb

yọ̀
* (intransitive) to slip
    mo yọ̀ ṣubú ― I slipped and fell
* (intransitive) to be slippery or slimy
    ilẹ̀ ẹ́ yọ̀ ― The ground is slippery
* to be mucilaginous (as a soup or stew), to draw, to be slimy
    ọbẹ̀ ewédú yọ̀ ― The ewedu soup is mucilaginous

##### Usage notes

* yọ before a direct object or noun

##### Derived terms

* ìyọ̀
* yọ̀ṣubú (“to slip and fall”)

### Etymology 3

Possibly related to Etymology 1

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɔ̀/

#### Verb

yọ̀
* (transitive) to make fun of or ridicule someone, to deride someone, to rejoice in someone's failure or problems
    ọ̀tá mi má yọ̀mí, bí mo bá ṣubú, èmí á tún dìde ― My enemy, do not rejoice in my pain, if I fall, I shall get up

##### Usage notes

* yọ before a direct object or noun

##### Derived terms

* ìyọ̀
* yọni

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɔ̄/

#### Verb

yọ
* (transitive) to delete, to remove, to throw away
    o ò bá Ọya mawo, o ò ba Ògún mulẹ̀, o ní abẹ́rẹ́ẹ̀ rẹ́ bọ́ sódò, o fẹ́ẹ́ yọ ọ́!You aren't close with the orisha Oya, you don't have an arrangement with the orisha Ogun, you claim that your needle has dropped into the river, and yet you dare to try and remove it! (proverb against deadly risks)
* (idiomatic, transitive) to rescue, deliver (literally, to remove someone from danger), to pull out, to bring
    ìbínú níí yọ ọfà lápó, ohùn rere níí yọ obì lápò ― It is anger that causes someone to pull out an arrow from a quiver, a gentle voice will instead bring forth a kola nut (proverb on cause and effect)
* (intransitive) to emerge, to stick out, to appear
    òṣùpá yọ ― The moon has emerged

##### Derived terms

* ẹyọ
* ẹ̀yọ
* yọba (“to depose a monarch”)
* yọṣe (“to slack off work”)
* yíyọ
* ìyọ

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

IPA: /jɔ̄/

#### Verb

yọ
* to (intransitive) emerge, to stick out, to appear
    òṣùpá yọ ― The moon has emerged
* (horticulture, intransitive) to sprout, to grow
    Synonyms: hù, hù jáde, so
    àgbàdó ti yọmọ ― The corn plant has sprouted cobs

##### Derived terms

* ẹyọ
* ẹ̀yọ
* yọmọ (“to bear fruit”)
* yíyọ
* ìyọ

### Etymology 6
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɔ̄/

#### Verb

yọ
* (transitive) to rescue, to deliver, to save
    Orí i rẹ̀ẹ́ yọ ọ́ ― His Orí rescued him

##### Derived terms

* ìyọ
* yíyọ
* yọnínú-ewú (“to rescue from danger”)

### Etymology 7
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɔ́/

#### Verb

yọ́
* (intransitive) to slip off, to glide off something

##### Derived terms

* fáwẹ̀lì ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ (“diphthong”)
* ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ (“gliding tone”)
* ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́rodò (“falling tone”)
* ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ròkè (“rising tone”)
* Ọ̀yọ́ (“Ọ̀yọ́ town and subethnic group”)
* yíyọ́
* àmì ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́rodò (“falling tone mark”)
* àmì ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ròkè (“rising tone mark”)
* ìyọ́

### Etymology 8
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɔ́/

#### Verb

yọ́
* (intransitive) to sneak around, to do something stealthily,
    bọ́mọdé bá ń yọ́ ilẹ̀ẹ́ dà, ohun abẹ́nú a máa yọ́ ọ ṣe ― If a child is treacherously sneaking around the house, he gets bitten by hidden things (proverb on the direct negative effect of treachery)

##### Derived terms

* yọ́ṣe
* yíyọ́
* ìyọ́

### Etymology 9
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɔ́/

#### Verb

yọ́
* (intransitive) to shine, to be shiny, to be smooth, to be glossy

##### Derived terms

* yọ́mìnìmìnì
* yíyọ́
* ìyọ́

### Etymology 10
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɔ́/

#### Verb

yọ́
* (transitive, ergative) to dissolve, to melt, to smelt
    òrí yọ́ ― The shea butter melted

##### Derived terms

* ilé-iṣẹ́ ayọ́-epolẹ̀ (“petroleum refinery”)
* yọ́po (“to refine oil”)
* yọ́rin (“iron smelting”)
* yíyọ́
* ìyọ́ (“smelting”)

### Etymology 11
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɔ́/

#### Verb

yọ́
* (transitive) to drain, to sift from water, to filter

##### Derived terms

* ìyọ́
* yíyọ́