origho
Itsekiri
Etymology
Cognates include Ìkálẹ̀, Ìlàjẹ, Ọ̀wọ̀, Ìdànrè Yoruba orígho, Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba orúwo, Igala ójí, see more Yoruboid cognates on the Standard Yoruba orí entry.
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Edekiri *o-ríɣo, *o-rí, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-ɗí, *ó-rí. The compounding of the suffix "ɣo" (later "wo") is possibly an Proto-Edekiri innovation still maintained in a majority of Edekiri languages, and the non-suffixed version likely existed side by side. However, Ayere ago may suggest it is a remnant of an older root. See potential non-Yoruboid cognates, Arigidi igíri, Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tʊ́è, Proto-Grassfields *tú, Proto-Plateau *-tii, Proto-Benue-Congo *-to, possibly Igbo isi, Akpes ìcùm, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-li- or Proto-Niger-Congo *-túi, *-tu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ō.ɾí.ɣō/
Noun
head
Derived terms
- oríghọ̀fọ̀ (“topic, theme”)
Yoruba
Etymology
Cognates include Itsekiri orígho, Igala ójí proposed to be derived from Proto-Edekiri *o-ríɣo, *o-rí, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-ɗí, *ó-rí. The compounding of the suffix "ɣo" (later "wo") is possibly an Proto-Edekiri innovation still maintained in a majority of Edekiri languages, and the non-suffixed version likely existed side by side. However, Ayere ago may suggest it is a remnant of an older root. See potential non-Yoruboid cognates, Arigidi igíri, Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tʊ́è, Proto-Grassfields *tú, Proto-Plateau *-tii, Proto-Benue-Congo *-to, possibly Igbo isi, Akpes ìcùm, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-li- or Proto-Niger-Congo *-túi, *-tu
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ō.ɾí.ɣō/
Noun
orígho
- (Ikalẹ, Ilajẹ, Idanre) head
- Ọfọ̀ yìí ghùn mí nórígho. ― This speech touched me in the head.
- (I was touched by this speech) (Ìlàjẹ)
- (Ikalẹ, Ilajẹ, Idanre) (Yoruba religion) the orí
Synonyms
| Yoruba varieties and languages: orí (“head”) | |||||
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| Language family | Variety group | Variety/language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ìdóàní | orí | |
| Eastern Àkókó | Ọ̀bà | Ọ̀bà Àkókó | orí | ||
| Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | orígho | |||
| Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | orúwo | ||
| Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | orúwo | |||
| Ìkòròdú | orúgho | ||||
| Ṣágámù | orúgho | ||||
| Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | orígho | |||
| Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | orígho, orúgho | |||
| Oǹdó | Oǹdó | oígho, oí | |||
| Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | orígho | |||
| Usẹn | Usẹn | orí | |||
| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | orígho | |||
| Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | órí | |||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | orí |
| Òdè Èkìtì | orí | ||||
| Òmùò Èkìtì | orí | ||||
| Awó Èkìtì | orí | ||||
| Ìfàkì Èkìtì | orí | ||||
| Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | orí | |||
| Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | orí | |||
| Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀) | orí | |||
| Òkè Igbó | Òkè Igbó | orí | |||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | orí | ||
| Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | orí | |||
| Èkó | Èkó | orí | |||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | orí | |||
| Ìgbómìnà | Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún | erí | |||
| Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA | erí | ||||
| Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA | erí | ||||
| Ìsin LGA | erí | ||||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | erí | |||
| Oǹkó | Ìwéré Ilé | eí | |||
| Òkèhò | orí | ||||
| Ìsẹ́yìn | erí | ||||
| Ṣakí | erí | ||||
| Tedé | orí | ||||
| Ìgbẹ́tì | erí | ||||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | orí | |||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | orí | |||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | orí | ||||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Kabba | oówo | ||
| Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ana | Sokode | eéwo | ||
| Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú) | eéwo | |||
| Tchaourou | éwo | ||||
| Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Baàtɛ | éwo, eéwo | |||
| Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | eríwo, erío, eéwo | ||
| Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | erí | ||
| Kétu/Ànàgó | Kétu | erí | |||
| Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | eríwo | |||
| Atakpamɛ | eríwo | ||||
| Boko | eéwo, éwo | ||||
| Moretan | eéwo | ||||
| Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | eríwo | ||||
| Kura | Awotébi | órí | |||
| Partago | érí | ||||
| Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | irí | |||
| Northern Nago | Kambole | eéwo | |||
| Manigri | eéwo | ||||
| Southern Nago | Ìsakété | erí | |||
| Ìfànyìn | erí | ||||
| Overseas Yoruba | Lucumí | Havana | orí | ||
| 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
- olórígho búúkú