# ọrọ
## Yoruba
### Etymology 1

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ̀-là, compare with Igala ọ̀là

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ̀.ɾɔ̀/

#### Noun

ọ̀rọ̀
* word, phrase, uttering
* matter, affair

##### Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ọ̀rọ̀ (“word”) :
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ào | Ìdóàní | ọfọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Àgọ́ Ìwòyè | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Igbó | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ìkẹ́nnẹ́ | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ìkòròdú | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Òde Rẹ́mọ | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ṣágámù | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ifọ́n | Ifọ́n | Ifọ́n | ọfọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | ọfọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | ọfọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Òde Ùgbò | ọfọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Òde Etíkàn | ọfọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | ètítò |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | ọfọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Usẹn | Usẹn | Usẹn | ọfọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | ọ̀fọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | ọfọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ọfọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Òdè Èkìtì | ọfọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Òmùò Èkìtì | ọfọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Awó Èkìtì | ọfọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Ìfàkì Èkìtì | ọfọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ọfọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Western Àkókó | Western Àkókó | Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó | ọfọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Ìgbẹsà | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Ọ̀tà | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Agége | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Ìlogbò Erémi | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbá | Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ayétòrò | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ẹ̀gbádò | Igbógila | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ìjàká | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ìlaròó | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ìṣàwọ́njọ | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Èkó | Èkó | Èkó | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàràpá | Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàràpá | Ìbàràpá | Èrúwà | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Ọ̀fà | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Òtù | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìwéré Ilé | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Òkèhò | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìsẹ́yìn | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ṣakí | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Tedé | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìgbẹ́tì | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́) | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ìkirè | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ìwó | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ɔ̀rɔ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìyàgbà | Ìyàgbà | Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Owé | Kabba | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Baàtɛ | afɔ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | ɔ̀rɔ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ọ̀húnbẹ́ | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Onigbolo | ɔ̀rɔ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Kétu/Ànàgó | Ìlárá | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Kétu/Ànàgó | Ìdọ̀fà | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Kétu/Ànàgó | Ìmẹ̀kọ | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Kétu/Ànàgó | Ìwòyè Kétu | ọ̀rọ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Kétu/Ànàgó | Kétu | ɔ̀rɔ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | afɔ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Atakpamɛ | afɔ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Boko | afɔ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Est-Mono | afɔ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Moretan | afɔ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | afɔ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | ide |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kpɛdɛ | ide |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Southern Nago | Southern Nago | Ìsakété | ɔ̀rɔ̀ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Southern Nago | Southern Nago | Ìfànyìn | ɔ̀rɔ̀ |
| 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

* ẹ̀dà òye-ọ̀rọ̀ (“a paraphrase”)
* fọ̀rọ̀ wá ọ̀rọ̀ wò lẹ́nu (“to interview”)
* kókó-ọ̀rọ̀ (“theme, main idea”)
* ọlọ́rọ̀ (“speaker”)
* ọ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀yìn (“gossip”)
* ọ̀rọ̀ àgbà (“wise words, words of the elders”)
* ọ̀rọ̀ àjọsọ (“group discussion”)
* ọ̀rọ̀ àkànlò (“idiom”)
* ọ̀rọ̀ àṣírí (“a secret matter, classified”)
* ọ̀rọ̀ àwàdà (“a joke”)
* ọ̀rọ̀ àìbófin-ilé-ìgbìmọ̀-aṣòfin-mu (“unparliamentary language”)
* ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ (“noun”)
* ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe (“verb”)
* ọ̀rọ̀kọ́rọ̀ (“any word, a bad word”)
* sọ̀rọ̀ (“to talk, to speak”)
* àká-ọ̀rọ̀ (“lexicon”)
* ìfọ̀rọ̀dárà (“word play”)
* ìfọ̀rọ̀wánilẹ́nuwò (“interview”)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ̀.ɾɔ̀/

#### Noun

ọ̀rọ̀
* (mythological) a supernatural fairy or spirit, believed to reside in physical objects and possess people
    Synonym: iwin
    Ọmọ yìí ti ya ọ̀rọ̀ ― This child has become a mysterious being.

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ̄.ɾɔ̀/

#### Noun

ọrọ̀
* wealth, riches
    Synonym: ọlà

##### Derived terms

* ọlọ́rọ̀ (“wealthy person”)

### Etymology 4

An old Proto-Yoruboid form only maintained in the Ekiti dialect and Igala language, see Igala ọ̀dọ̀, perhaps derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ̀-ɗɔ̀. Some linguists of the Ekiti dialect suggest the r in this word is /ɽ/, differing from the usual /ɾ/

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ̀.ɾɔ̀/, /ɔ̀.ɽɔ̀/

#### Noun

ọ̀rọ̀
* (Ekiti) wall
    Synonyms: ìgànná, ògiri

##### Usage notes

* Only used by Northern speakers of the Ekiti dialect, not by speakers of the Akure Subdialect (consisting of the southern part of the Ekiti speaking region)

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ̄.ɾɔ̀/

#### Noun

ọrọ̀
* matters, a concern of great urgency, issue

##### Derived terms

* ọrọ̀-ajé (“business”)

### Etymology 6
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ̄.ɾɔ̄/

#### Noun

ọrọ
* the tree Antiaris toxicaria

### Etymology 7
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ̄.ɾɔ̄/, /ɔ̄.ɾɔ́/

#### Noun

ọrọ or ọrọ́
* The plants of the Euphorbia genus, specifically Euphorbia kamerunica, often misidentified as a cactus due to their similar appearances

##### Alternative forms

* ọrọ́ agogo
* ọrọ́ aláìdan

### Etymology 8
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ̄.ɾɔ́/

#### Noun

ọrọ́
* Any of the various species of cactus, or a variety of other species of the Euphorbia genus and other genera erroneously identified as cactus

##### Derived terms

* ọrọ́ agogo (“a plant of the genus Euphorbia, specifically Euphorbia kamerunica”)
* ọrọ́ aláìdan (“a plant of the genus Euphorbia”)
* ọrọ́ eléwé (“a plant of species Euphorbia hirta”)
* ọrọ́ ẹnukòpiyè (“a plant of the genus Euphorbia”)
* ọrọ́ ọ̀pẹ (“a fern of the genus Pteris”)

### Etymology 9
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ̄.ɾɔ́/, /ɔ̀.ɾɔ́/

#### Noun

ọrọ́ or ọ̀rọ́
* The plants Nesogordonia papaverifera and Sterculia rhinopetala of the former Sterculiaceae family

### Etymology 10
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ̄.ɾɔ́/

#### Noun

ọrọ́
* the plant Strophanthus hispidus