ọmọ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "omo"

Edo

Etymology

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Edoid *-mɔ. Cognate with Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-mã, Ayere omo, Urhobo ọ́mọ́, Isoko ọmọ Igala ọ́ma, Itsekiri ọma, and Yoruba ọmọ. Possibly related to Igbo ụmụ̀

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.mɔ̃́/

Noun

ọmọ

1. child

Derived terms

• ọmobọ (“infant”)
• ọmerhan (“fruit”)
• ọmotọ (“native, indigene”)
• ọmọmọ (“baby”)
• Ọmọ (“appellation of the Oba of Benin”)

Isoko

Etymology

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Edoid *-mɔ. Cognate with Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-mã, Ayere omo, Urhobo ọ́mọ́, Igala ọ́ma, Itsekiri ọma, and Yoruba ọmọ. Possibly related to Igbo ụmụ̀.

Noun

ọmọ (plural ịmọ)

1. child
2. baby

Derived terms

• ọmọzaị (“boy”)
• ọmọtẹ (“girl”)
• Ọmọghẹnẹ (“name meaning "child of God"”)

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ọma

Etymology

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruba *ɔ-mã, from Proto-Edekiri *ɔ-mã, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-mã, Cognates include Igala ọ́ma, Itsekiri ọma, Edo ọmọ, Urhobo ọ́mọ́, Isoko ọmọ. It is related to roots meaning "to beget," or "to give birth to," suggesting *mã to be an obsolete root meaning "to give birth to."

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.mɔ̃̄/

Noun

ọmọ

1. child

   Synonym: ọmọdé

2. offspring
3. The smallest entity in a pair or group, the smaller tool in a set.
4. freeborn child; someone not born into slavery

   Antonym: ẹrú

   Ìbí kò yàtọ̀, bí a ṣe bẹ́rú la bọ́mọ ― Birth is not different; the enslaved were born in the same way as the freeborn

5. (orthography) subdot (◌̣)

   Synonym: ìrù

   Ẹ má gbàgbé láti yán ọmọ nídìí ọ̀rọ̀ ― Don't forget to put subdots under the words.

Usage notes

(smaller tool in a set): For example, between an anvil and mallet, the smaller one of the pair is known as the ọmọ (ọmọwú).

Synonyms

Yoruba varieties and languages: ọmọ (“child”)
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Language family	Variety group	Variety/language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ào			ọmọ
			Ìdóàní		ọmọ
		Eastern Àkókó	Àkùngbá	Àkùngbá Àkókó	ọma
		Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)			ọma
			Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)		ọma
		Ìjẹ̀bú			ọmọ
			Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	ọmọ
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	ọmọ
				Ìkòròdú	ọmọ
				Ṣágámù	ọmọ
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)			ọma
			Òkìtìpupa		ọma
		Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)			ọma
			Mahin		ọma
		Oǹdó			ọma
			Oǹdó		ọma
		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)			ọma
			Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)		ọma
		Usẹn			ọma
			Usẹn		ọma
	Ìtsẹkírì				ọma
		Ìwẹrẹ			ọma
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ọmọ
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	ọmọ
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	ọmọ
		Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀)			ọmọ
			Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀)		ọmọ
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà)			ọmọ
			Iléṣà (Uléṣà)		ọmọ
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì			ọmọ
			Èbúté Mẹ́tà		ọmọ
		Ẹ̀gbá			ọmọ
			Abẹ́òkúta		ọmọ
		Ẹ̀gbádò	Ìjàká		ọmọ
		Èkó			ọmọ
			Èkó		ọmọ
		Ìbàdàn			ọmọ
			Ìbàdàn		ọmọ
		Ìbàràpá			ọmọ
			Igbó Òrà		ọmọ
		Ìbọ̀lọ́			ọmọ
			Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)		ọmọ
		Ìgbómìnà			ọmọ
			Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún		ọmọ
			Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA		ọmọ
			Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA		ọmọ
			Ìsin LGA		ọmọ
		Ìlọrin			ọmọ
			Ìlọrin		ọmọ
		Oǹkó	Òtù		ọmọ
			Ìwéré Ilé		ọmọ
			Òkèhò		ọmọ
			Ìsẹ́yìn		ọmọ
			Ṣakí		ọmọ
			Tedé		ọmọ
			Ìgbẹ́tì		ọmọ
		Ọ̀yọ́			ọmọ
			Ọ̀yọ́		ọmọ
		Standard Yorùbá	Nàìjíríà		ọmọ
			Bɛ̀nɛ̀		ɔmɔ
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìyàgbà			ọmọ
			Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó		ọmọ
		Owé			ọmọ
			Kabba		ọmọ
	Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ana			ɔmɔ
			Sokode		ɔmɔ
		Cábɛ̀ɛ́	Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)		ɔmɔ
			Tchaourou		ɔmɔ
		Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà)			ɔmɔ
			Baàtɛ		ɔmɔ
		Ìdàácà			ɔma
			Benin	Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)	ɔma
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	ɔmɔ
				Onigbolo	ɔmɔ
			Kétu/Ànàgó	Kétu	ɔmu
		Ifɛ̀	Akpáré		ɔma
			Atakpamɛ		ɔmɔ
			Boko		ɔmɔ
			Est-Mono		ɔmɔ
			Moretan		ɔma
			Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)		ɔma
		Kura			mání
			Aledjo-Koura		mání
			Awotébi		mání
			Partago		mání
		Mɔ̄kɔ́lé			ama
Kandi			ama
Northern Nago	Kambole		ɔma
	Manigri		ɔma
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.

Coordinate terms

• (child): ìyá

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• akọ́mọlédè (“language teacher”)
• gbọ́mọgbọ́mọ (“kidnapper”)
• ọlọ́mọ (“one who has a child”)
• ọmọ ẹgbẹ́ (“member”)
• ọmọ ilé ìwé (“school student”)
• ọmọ odù (“240 major signs in Ifá divination”)
• ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ (“servant”)
• ọmọ àlè (“illegitimate child”)
• ọmọ ìka ẹsẹ̀ (“toes”)
• ọmọ-ọwọ́ (“baby”)
• ọmọba (“princess, prince”)
• ọmọdó (“pestle”)
• ọmọge (“young lady”)
• ọmọkọ́mọ (“naughty child”)
• ọmọlanke (“wheelbarrow”)
• ọmọlọ (“smaller grinding stone”)
• ọmọlétí (“eardrum”)
• ọmọlúwàbí
• ọmọnìyàn (“humanity”)
• ọmọnílé (“gecko”)
• ọmọrí (“lid”)
• ọmọwú (“mallet, sledgehammer”)
• ìkọ́mọjáde (“naming ceremony”)
• ìsọmọlórúkọ (“naming ceremony”)

Descendants

• → Nigerian Pidgin: omo

Interjection

ọmọ!

1. (informal) Used to express excitement, surprise, astonishment, pleasure, disgust etc.