ọgẹdẹ

See also: ogede

Itsekiri

Ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀

Etymology

Cognates include Yoruba ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀, Eastern Àkókó Yoruba ẹ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀, Edo ọ̀ghẹ̀dẹ̀, Igbo ògèdè, Igbo ọ̀gèdè. This may be reconstructed to Proto-Yoruboid if such a term existed for an older food crop not bananas. Bananas reached West Africa centuries after the Proto-Yoruboid language had dispersed, but may have come in contact with Proto-Southeast Yoruba-Itsekiri speakers. Thus, it is unclear if this term was borrowed and then transversed the many people groups as they traded and came into contact with the banana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.ɡɛ̀.dɛ̀/

Noun

ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀

1. banana

Derived terms

• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ òyìbó (“banana”)

 

Yoruba

Ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀

Etymology

Cognates include Edo ọghẹdẹ and Igbo ògèdè, Igbo ọ̀gèdè. This may be reconstructed to Proto-Yoruboid if such a term existed for an older food crop not bananas. Bananas reached West Africa centuries after the Proto-Yoruboid language had dispersed, but may have come in contact with Proto-Yoruba speakers. Thus, it is unclear if this term was borrowed and then transversed the many people groups as they traded and came into contact with the banana (see the term kòkódìà), or if a semantic shift occurred (see the term ọkà).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.ɡɛ̀.dɛ̀/

Noun

ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀

1. banana, plantain

   ọ̀kín níí ṣolóríi gbogbo ẹyẹ; àgbagbà níí ṣolóríi gbogbo ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀

   It is the peacock that is the head of all birds; it is plantain that is the head of all types of banana

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ (“banana, plantain”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Eastern Àkókó	Ìkàrẹ́	Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó	ẹ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
		Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ (banana), ìbọ́nyìn (plantain)
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ (banana), ìbọ́nyìn (plantain)
				Ìkòròdú	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ (banana), ìbọ́nyìn (plantain)
				Ṣágámù	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ (banana), ìbọ́nyìn (plantain)
		Ìkálẹ̀		Òkìtìpupa	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ (banana), ìbàtíyàn (plantain)
		Ìlàjẹ		Mahin	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ (banana), àbàtíyàn (plantain)
	Ìtsẹkírì			Ìwẹrẹ	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ (banana), ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ òyíbó (banana), atán (plantain)
	Olùkùmi			Ugbódù	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ gwẹrẹ (banana)
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì		Èbúté Mẹ́tà	ẹ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀, ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
		Èkó		Èkó	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
		Ìbàràpá		Igbó Òrà	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
		Ìbọ̀lọ́		Òṣogbo	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
		Oǹkó		Ìtẹ̀síwájú LGA	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
				Ìwàjówà LGA	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
				Kájọlà LGA	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
				Ìsẹ́yìn LGA	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
				Ṣakí West LGA	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
				Atisbo LGA	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
				Ọlọ́runṣògo LGA	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	ɔ̀gɛ̀dɛ̀
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Owé		Kabba	ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	àkɔɖú (banana), àgbáŋ̀gbà (banana, plantain)
				Atakpamé	àkɔɖú (banana), àgbáŋ̀gbà (banana, plantain)
				Est-Mono	àkɔɖú (banana), àgbáŋ̀gbà (banana, plantain)
				Tchetti	àkɔɖú (banana), àgbáŋ̀gbà (banana, plantain)
	Overseas Yoruba	Lucumí		Havana	oguede
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

• odi ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
• ọlọ́gẹ̀dẹ̀ (“plantain seller”)
• ọtí ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ abo
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ dòdò
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ dúdú
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ lóbòóye
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ pípọ́n
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ wẹẹrẹ
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ àgbagbà (“plaintain”)
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ àkìmọ́lẹ̀
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ àpáńtà
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ ìbílẹ̀
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀-lílá
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀-ntiti òyìnbó
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀-odò
• ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀-ọ̀mìnì
• pàràká ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
• ìtì ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀

 

Descendants

• → Ebira: ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
• → Baatonum: àgẹ̀dẹ̀