odo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "odo"

Etymology

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo odo. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈoː.doː/
Hyphenation: odo

Noun

odo m (plural odo's)

(chiefly Suriname) an African Surinamese proverb

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Etymology

From Latin ōda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”). Compare English, Italian and French ode, German Ode, Yiddish אָדע (ode), Polish oda, Russian о́да (óda).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈodo]
Rhymes: -odo
Hyphenation: o‧do

Noun

odo (accusative singular odon, plural odoj, accusative plural odojn)

ode

Descendants

Ido: odo

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto odo, English ode, French ode, German Ode, Italian ode, Russian о́да (óda), Spanish oda.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈodo/

Noun

odo (plural odi)

ode

Noun

òdò

settlement

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.do/
Rhymes: -ɔdo
Hyphenation: ò‧do

Verb

odo

first-person singular present indicative of udire

Alternative forms

oda

Etymology

Possibly from an earlier edo, a cognate of Old Norse eða and Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 (aiþþau), from Proto-Germanic *efþau or Proto-Germanic *ehþau.

Adverb

ōdo

possibly, about, perhaps

References

Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔdɔ/

Preposition

odo (+ genitive)

Alternative form of od

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

odo

proverb, saying

Descendants

→ Dutch: odo

Etymology 1

Cognate with Ternate ara, Tidore ora.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈo.d̪o/

Noun

odo

the moon

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈo.d̪o/

Verb

odo

(intransitive) to jump

Conjugation

More information Conjugation of (action verb), singular ...

Conjugation of odo (action verb)
		singular	plural
		singular	inclusive	exclusive
1st person		toodo	moodo	aodo
2nd person		noodo	foodo
3rd person	inanimate	iodo	doodo
3rd person	animate	iodo	doodo
imperative		noodo, odo	foodo, odo

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References

Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

FWOTD – 30 December 2021

Etymology 1

**Yoruba numbers ^(edit)**
		0	1 → ^{[a], [b]}	10 →
Cardinal: òdo Counting: òdo, oódo

Probable cognate with Igala òfo (“zero”) and related to òfo (“empty, nothing, loss”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ò.dō/

Numeral

òdo

zero
Òdo ni wọ́n gbá nínú ìdánwó yẹn.
They got a zero on that test.
- 2021 March 30, “FIFA 2022 World cup qualifiers: Japan wọ́ Mongolia nílẹ̀ gẹrẹrẹrẹ pẹ̀lú góòlù mẹ́rìnlá sí òdo”, in BBC News Yorùbá:
  Ni ọjọ Aje ni orilẹede Canada ti kọkọ [na] orilẹede [Cayman] Islands pẹlu ami ayo mọkanla si odo.
  On Monday, Canada first beat the Cayman Islands with a score of eleven to zero.

Alternative forms

òfo

Derived terms

olódo (“a dunce, a stupid person, one who receives poor grades”)

Etymology 2

A very old term no longer used except in a few dialects, compare with Igala òkò, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ò-kò

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ò.dō/

Noun

òdo

(rare) pig
Synonym: ẹlẹ́dẹ̀
- 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, quoting Fabunmi, M. A., Àyájọ́ Ohùn Ifẹ̀ Ibadan‎, number LDC2008L03, 1972, Nigeria: Onibon-oje Press & Book Industries Ltd, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:
  Ọmọ yọyọ ni ti òdo
  Numerous children are a feature of the pig (incantation)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ō.dò/

Noun

odò

river
Synonyms: ẹri, omi

Odò Ọya ni òdo t'ó tóbi jùlọ ní Ìwọ Oòrùn Áfíríkà.
The Niger River is the biggest river in West Africa.
- 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:
  Ẹ̀mí àbàtà níí módòó ṣàn; ọláa baba níí mú ọmọọ́ yan.
  Just as the liveliness of the marshy land ensures the flowing of the river; so a father's good reputation makes a child feel proud (proverb admonishing good behavior)
lower or inner part
Fáwẹ̀lì odò
Low vowel
- 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:
  Mo fi ọ̀rọ̀ náà sí odò inú mi.
  I kept the matter deep inside me.
south
Synonyms: gúúsù, àwúsẹ̀

Antonyms: àríwá, òkè, àwúsí

Derived terms

akérémọdò (“stream/brook”)
bèbè odò (“river bank”)
etídò (“river side”)
ẹ̀bádò (“river side”)
ẹ̀kúndò (“riverflood”)
odoodò (“every river”)
odòkódò (“any river, bad river”)
ojúdò (“the midstream of a river”)
olódò (“river spirit”)
rúkèrúdò (“tumult, unrest”)
ìgbòkègbodò (“activity, routine”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ō.dò/

Noun

odò

Mansonia altissima (Bété, mansonia, or African black walnut)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ō.dō/

Noun

odo

core of a syllable
Odo sílébù
Syllable rhyme/nucleus

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ō.dō/

Noun

odo

Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata (white yam, West African yam, Guinea yam, or white ñame)

Etymology 7

Cognate with Igbo odō and Edo odó, equivalent to o- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ dó (“to pound”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ō.dó/

Noun

odó

pounding mortar
Synonym: ọ̀ị́ṣẹ́

Níbo ni àwọn odó tí a máa ń lò láti gún iyán?.
Where are the pounding mortars that we use to pound yam?
- 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:
  Wọ́n ń gún iyán nínú odó.
  They were pounding pounded yam food in a pounding mortar.

Derived terms

odó ìlù (“drum shell”)
odókódó (“any pounding mortar or a bad pounding mortar”)
olódó (“a seller, owner, bearer or maker of mortars”)
ọmọdó (“pestle”)
ọmọrí-odó (“pestle”)
ìyá-odó (“pounding mortar”)

References

Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN

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odo

yours

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