owo
Translingual
Pronunciation
- English:
- IPA(key): /ˈoʊ.woʊ/
- Rhymes: -əʊwəʊ
- Norwegian:
- IPA(key): /¹uːʋu/
- Polish:
- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.wɔ/, /ˈɔ.vɔ/
Usage notes
Ogea
Further reading
- Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975), page 602
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.vɔ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔvɔ
- Syllabification: o‧wo
Yoruba
Etymology 1
Cognate with Olukumi ẹ́ghó, Nupe ewó, Edo ígho, Urhobo ígho see Yoruba dialectal forms for other cognates. Proposed to be reconstructed to Proto-Yoruboid *V́-ɣó, and perhaps a doublet of hóró and wóró
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ō.wó/
Synonyms
Yoruba varieties (money)
| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety | Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìdànrè | eghó |
| Ìjẹ̀bú | owó | ||
| Ìkálẹ̀ | oghó | ||
| Ìlàjẹ | owó | ||
| Oǹdó | oghó | ||
| Ọ̀wọ̀ | oghó | ||
| Usẹn | eghó | ||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | ió, eó |
| Ifẹ̀ | - | ||
| Ìgbómìnà | - | ||
| Ìjẹ̀ṣà | - | ||
| Western Àkókó | - | ||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | owó | |
| Ẹ̀gbá | - | ||
| Ìbàdàn | owó | ||
| Òǹkò | owó | ||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | owó | ||
| Standard Yorùbá | owó | ||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìbùnú | - | |
| Ìjùmú | - | ||
| Ìyàgbà | - | ||
| Owé | ewó | ||
| Ọ̀wọ̀rọ̀ | - | ||
Derived terms
- ẹ̀dínwó (“discount”)
- ẹ̀yáwó (“loan”)
- lówó (“to have money”)
- lówó bí ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ (“to be as rich as a shekere”)
- náwó (“to spend money”)
- olówó (“rich, rich person”)
- owó ẹyọ (“cowry”)
- owó iná (“electric bill”)
- owó omi (“water bill”)
- owó orí (“tax”)
- owó orí ìyàwó (“bride price”)
- owó oṣù (“salary”)
- owó ọ̀yà (“wage”)
- owó ìfẹ̀yìntì (“pension”)
- àìlówólọ́wọ́ (“poverty”)
Alternative forms
- òò (Ekiti)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ò.wò/
Derived terms
- ajẹmówò (“commercial”)
- ibùjókò òwò (“commercial centre”)
- ilé-ẹ̀kọ́ iṣẹ́-ọwọ́ (“trade school”)
- olówò (“businessperson”)
- oníṣòwò (“merchant”)
- ṣòwòṣòwò (“trader”)
- àkọsílẹ̀ òwò (“bill of exchange”)
- ìgbọ̀wọ́ ìdókòwò (“investment trust”)
- òwò aláìfòfin ìjọbadè (“free trade”)
- òwò pẹ̀lú orílẹ̀-èdè-mìíràn (“foreign trade”)
- òwò àgbáyé (“international trade”)
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