origho

Itsekiri

Etymology

Cognates include Ìkálẹ̀, Ìlàjẹ, Ọ̀wọ̀, Ìdànrè Yoruba orígho, Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba orúwo, Igala ójí, see more Yoruboid cogantes on the Standard Yoruba orí entry.

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Edekiri *o-ríɣo, *o-rí, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-ɗí, *ó-rí. The compounding of the suffix "ɣo" (later "wo") is possibly an Proto-Edekiri innovation still maintained in a majority of Edekiri languages, and the non-suffixed version likely existed side by side. However, Ayere ago may suggest it is a remnant of an older root. See potential non-Yoruboid cognates, Arigidi igíri, Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tʊ́è, Proto-Grassfields *tú, Proto-Plateau *-tii, Proto-Benue-Congo *-to, possibly Igbo isi, Akpes ìcùm, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-li- or Proto-Niger-Congo *-túi, *-tu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.ɾí.ɣō/

Noun

head

1. head
2. top

Derived terms

• oríghọ̀fọ̀ (“topic, theme”)

 

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• oígho (Ondo)

Etymology

Cognates include Itsekiri orígho, Igala ójí proposed to be derived from Proto-Edekiri *o-ríɣo, *o-rí, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-ɗí, *ó-rí. The compounding of the suffix "ɣo" (later "wo") is possibly an Proto-Edekiri innovation still maintained in a majority of Edekiri languages, and the non-suffixed version likely existed side by side. However, Ayere ago may suggest it is a remnant of an older root. See potential non-Yoruboid cognates, Arigidi igíri, Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tʊ́è, Proto-Grassfields *tú, Proto-Plateau *-tii, Proto-Benue-Congo *-to, possibly Igbo isi, Akpes ìcùm, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-li- or Proto-Niger-Congo *-túi, *-tu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ō.ɾí.ɣō/

Noun

orígho

1. (Ikalẹ, Ilajẹ, Idanre) head

   Synonym: orí

   Ọfọ̀ yìí ghùn mí nórígho. ― This speech touched me in the head.

   (I was touched by this speech) (Ìlàjẹ)

2. (Ikalẹ, Ilajẹ, Idanre) (Yoruba religion) the orí

Derived terms

• olórígho búúkú