gbongbo
Yoruba
Etymology
Noun sense derives from the ideophone sense
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡ͡bò.ŋ̀.ɡ͡bò/
Ideophone
gbòǹgbò
- (of an object) to be protruding, large, and heavy
- ilé náà gbòǹgbò ― The house was large
Derived terms
- Agbòǹgbò-àkàlà (“A Yoruba nickname”)
- agbòǹgbò
Related terms
- gbòǹgbò-gbòǹgbò
- gbòǹgbògbò
Noun
gbòǹgbò
- plant root
- Synonyms: egbò, ẹ̀kàn, egbòogi
- àfòmọ́ kò ní gbòǹgbò, gbogbo igi níí bá tan ― Mistetoe has no roots, hence it is friendly with any standing tree (proverb on dependency)
Synonyms
| Yoruba varieties and languages: gbòǹgbò (“root”) | |||||
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| Language family | Variety group | Variety/language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | gbòrìgbò |
| Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | egbògbò | |||
| Oǹdó | Oǹdó | egbìgbò | |||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | egbìgbò |
| Ìfàkì Èkìtì | gbòǹgbò | ||||
| Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | egbìgbò, gbòǹgbò | |||
| Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | egbìgbò | |||
| Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | gbòǹgbò | ||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | gbòǹgbò | |||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | gbòǹgbò, egbòogi, egbò | |||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | gbòǹgbò, egbòogi, egbò | ||||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìyàgbà | Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó | ìtàkùn | ||
| Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ana | Sokode | ogùgù | ||
| Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú) | icɛn | |||
| Tchaourou | icɛn | ||||
| Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Baàtɛ | icɔ̃, n̄cɔ̃ | |||
| Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | egùgù | ||
| Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | igbò | ||
| Kétu/Ànàgó | Kétu | igbò | |||
| Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | ogùgù | |||
| Atakpamɛ | ogùgù | ||||
| Boko | ogùgù | ||||
| Moretan | icã | ||||
| Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | ogùgù | ||||
| Kura | Partago | ecá | |||
| Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | icã | |||
| 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. | |||||