irawọ
Yoruba
editEtymology 1
editProposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ìlàwɔ̀, cognate with Igala ìlàwò
Pronunciation
editNoun
editìràwọ̀
- star, celestial object, celestial body
- asterisk (*)
- Synonym: àmì ìràwọ̀
Synonyms
editYoruba Varieties and Languages - ìràwọ̀ (“star”) | ||||
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Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Location | Words |
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ìdóàní | ọ̀ràọ̀ |
Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | agura | ||
Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ị̀ràọ̀ |
Àkúrẹ́ | ị̀ràọ̀ | |||
Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ị̀ràọ̀ | |||
Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ìràwọ̀ | |
Èkó | Èkó | ìràwọ̀ | ||
Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ìràwọ̀ | ||
Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | ìràwọ̀ | ||
Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo | ìràwọ̀ | ||
Ọ̀fà | ìràwọ̀ | |||
Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ìràwọ̀ | ||
Oǹkó | Ìtẹ̀síwájú LGA | ǹràwọ̀ | ||
Ìwàjówà LGA | ǹràwọ̀ | |||
Kájọlà LGA | ǹràwọ̀ | |||
Ìsẹ́yìn LGA | ǹràwọ̀ | |||
Ṣakí West LGA | ǹràwọ̀ | |||
Atisbo LGA | ǹràwọ̀ | |||
Ọlọ́runṣògo LGA | ǹràwọ̀ | |||
Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ìràwọ̀ | ||
Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ | ìràwọ̀ | |||
Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ìràwọ̀ | ||
Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ìràwɔ̀ | |||
Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Kabba | ìràwọ̀ | |
Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ana | Sokode | ìwɔ̀dà | |
Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | ìràwɔ̀ | ||
Tchaourou | ìràwɔ̀ | |||
Ìcà | Agoua | ààro | ||
Ìdàácà | Igbó Ìdàácà | àràwò | ||
Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | ìràwɔ̀ | ||
Kétu | ìràwɔ̀ | |||
Onigbolo | ìràwɔ̀ | |||
Yewa | ìràwọ̀ | |||
Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | àràwo | ||
Atakpamé | àrã̀wo | |||
Boko | àrã̀wo | |||
Est-Mono | àrã̀wo | |||
Moretan | àrã̀wo | |||
Tchetti | àrã̀wo | |||
Kura | Awotébi | erãwɔ́ | ||
Partago | erãwɔ́ | |||
Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | lèléiàrɔ̃ | ||
Northern Nago | Kambole | ãràwó, àǹwé | ||
Manigri | awe | |||
Southern Nago | Ìsakété | ìràwɔ̀ | ||
Ìfànyìn | ìràwɔ̀ | |||
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
edit- atukọ̀súnmọ́ràwọ̀ (“astronaut”)
- awòràwọ̀ (“astrologer”)
- onímọ̀-ìràwọ̀ (“astronomer”)
- àmì ìràwọ̀ (“asterisk”)
- ìmọ̀ ìràwọ̀ (“astronomy”)
- ìmọ̀ ìtukọ̀súnmọ́ràwọ̀ (“astronautics”)
- ìràwọlẹ̀ (“Richardia brasiliensis”)
- ìràwọ̀ onírù (“comet”)
- ìràwọ̀-ayóòrùnká (“planet”)
- ìràwọ̀-ilẹ̀ (“Green Borreria”)
- ìwòràwọ̀ (“astrology”)
Descendants
edit- → Ayere: irawɔ
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
editNoun
editìràwọ̀
- beetle, specifically the scarab beetle and Goliath beetle
- Synonyms: ọ̀bọ̀n-ùn-bọn-ùn, ọlọ́bọ̀n-ùnbọn-ùn