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See also: Appendix:Variations of "obo"
Yoruba
[edit]Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ọ̀bọ̀
- a plant used to ritually catch a witch, Erythrophleum suaveolens or Erythrophleum Ivoriensis
Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ọ̀bọ
- monkey
- Synonyms: ẹdun, òtò
- Ọ̀bọ mẹ́tàléláàádóje (133) ni ó wà nínú ọgbà ẹranko yìí.
- There are 133 monkeys in this zoo.
- 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, quoting C. L. Adéoyè, Àṣà àti Ìṣe Yoruba[1], number LDC2008L03, 1979, Ibadan: Oxford University Press, page 274, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, , →ISBN:
- Kò sí ohun tí ìnàkí fi ṣe orí tí ọ̀bọ kò fi ṣe orí.
- A baboon or chimpanzee's head is not different from a monkey's head. (proverb on equality)
- fool
- Ọ̀bọ ni wọ́n.
- They're fools.
Related terms
[edit](types of monkeys)
Etymology 3
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Tragia_ramosa_2.jpg/150px-Tragia_ramosa_2.jpg)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
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References
[edit]- Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0[3], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, , →ISBN
- Gbile, Z. O. (1984) Vernacular Names of Nigerian Plants (in Yoruba), Ibadan, Nigeria: Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, page 45
- Verger, Pierre Fatumbi (1997) Ewé: The Use of Plants in Yoruba Society, Sāo Paulo: Companhia das Latras, page 592