ọdọ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "odo"

Igala

Etymology

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Noun

ọ́dọ́

  1. year

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ̀.dɔ́/

Noun

ọ̀dọ́

  1. young child or animal
  2. adolescent, teenager, youth
    Synonym: èwe
Derived terms
  • ọ̀dọ́kọ́dọ̀ọ́ (bad youth, any youth)
  • ọ̀dọ́mọdé
  • ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin (young boy)
  • ọ̀dọ́mọbìnrin (young girl)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ̀.dɔ̀/

Noun

ọ̀dọ̀

  1. someone's presence or vicinity
    mo jókòó ní ọ̀dọ̀ọ baba miI sat in the presence of my father
Derived terms
  • lọ́dọ̀ (next to, with someone)
  • ọ̀dọ̀ ìjọba (official, public)
  • Ọ̀dọ̀fin (Yoruba chieftaincy title)
  • ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ (maid; servant)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ̀.dɔ̄/

Noun

ọ̀dọ

  1. yam; (in particular) Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata
    Synonym: iṣu
  2. a yam seedling