ọkunrin
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Yoruba
[edit]Etymology
[edit]It is proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kʊ̃rɪ̃, this form remains the same in Central Yoruba dialects. Cognate with Arigidi ọkọ́ọrẹ. Akinkugbe suggests it may be equivalent to ọkọ (“man”) + ẹni (“person”), compare with obìnrin. The /k/ consonant exists in the roots of many basic male terms, okó (“penis”), akọ (“male”), ọkọ (“husband”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ọkùnrin
- man, male
- Synonym: akọ
- Iná niyì ọdẹ, ẹ̀jẹ̀ niyì oògùn; ká rógun má mà sa, òun niyì ọkùnrin ― Just as fire power is the mark of a hunter, so, blood is the mark of a true medicine; and to see a war, and not run away, is the mark of a man (an incantation to invoke bravery)
- 'Mo mọ̀ ọ́ tán', ni Orò ó fi ń gbé ọkùnrin ― The conviction that one knows everything is what causes Òrìṣà Orò to carry away a man (proverb against taking danger for granted)
- manliness, bravery
- Synonym: ọkàn ọkùnrin
- a gbọ́dọ̀ ṣe bí ọkùnrin lójú ogun ― We must be brave in the battlefield
Synonyms
[edit]Coordinate terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- ọkàn ọkùnrin (“bravery”)
- ọmọkùnrin (“boy”)
- ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin (“young man, adolescent boy”)
- ọ̀gá-ilé-ìwé lọ́kùnrin (“headmaster”)
- ìfẹ́-ọkùnrin-sọ́kùnrin (“homosexuality”)
References
[edit]- Adebayo, Taofeeq SOME DIACHRONIC CHANGES IN YORUBA GRAMMAR [1], 2020