orukọ

See also: ọrukọ and ọrụkọ

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Compare with Olukumi órúkọ, Ifè ɛ́kọ, and possibly Igala ódú, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-ɗú. Likely ultimately Westerman's reconstruction to Proto-Volta-Congo *-ni, with a possible transition from /d/ to /r/ (unclear if this r is still the /ɾ/ flap/tap used in modern Yoruba). See reconstructed Proto-Yoruboid form for more cognates

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.ɾú.kɔ̄/

Noun

orúkọ

1. name

   Synonym: àpèjẹ́

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - orúkọ (“name”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)		Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)	orúkọ
		Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	orúkọ
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	orúkọ
				Ìkòròdú	orúkọ
				Ṣágámù	orúkọ
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)		Òkìtìpupa	orúkọ
		Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)		Mahin	orúkọ
		Oǹdó		Oǹdó	oúkọ
		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)	orúkọ
		Usẹn		Usẹn	orúkọ
	Ìtsẹkírì			Ìwẹrẹ	ọrúkọ
	Olùkùmi			Ugbódù	órúkọ
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ọrụ́kọ
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	ọrụ́kọ
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	ọrụ́kọ
		Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀)		Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀)	ọrúkọ
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì		Èbúté Mẹ́tà	orúkọ
		Ẹ̀gbá		Abẹ́òkúta	orúkọ
		Ẹ̀gbádò		Ìjàká	eyíkọ
		Èkó		Èkó	orúkọ
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	orúkọ
		Ìbàràpá		Igbó Òrà	orúkọ
		Ìbọ̀lọ́		Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)	orúkọ
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	orúkọ
		Oǹkó		Òtù	orúkọ
				Ìwéré Ilé	orúkọ
				Òkèhò	orúkọ
				Ìsẹ́yìn	orúkọ
				Ṣakí	orúkọ
				Tedé	orúkọ
				Ìgbẹ́tì	orúkọ
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	orúkọ
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	orúkọ
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	orúkɔ
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Owé		Kabba	eríkọ, erúkọ
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ana		Sokode	óńkɔ
		Cábɛ̀ɛ́		Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)	eékɔ
				Tchaourou	eékɔ
		Ìcà		Bantè	orúkɔ́
		Ìdàácà	Benin	Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)	oríkɔ
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	erúkɔ
				Onigbolo	eyíkɔ
			Kétu/Ànàgó	Kétu	ekɔ
		Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	ɛ́kɔ
				Atakpamɛ	ɛ́kɔ
				Boko	eékɔ
				Est-Mono	ɛ́ŋkɔ
				Moretan	ɛ́kɔ
				Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)	ɛ́kɔ
		Kura		Partago	ɔ́rɔ́kɔ̀
		Mɔ̄kɔ́lé		Kandi	iríɛ, irí
		Northern Nago		Kambole	eékɔ, ékɔ
				Manigri	ekɔ
		Southern Nago		Ìsakété	erúkɔ
				Ìfànyìn	erúkɔ
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

• dárúkọ (“to name, to mention”)
• kí ni orúkọ rẹ (“what is your name”)
• olórúkọ
• orúkọ agbo-ilé
• orúkọ ẹlẹ́yà
• orúkọ ibáwáyé
• orúkọ oríkì
• orúkọ súná
• orúkọ àbíkú
• orúkọ àbísọ (“first name, given name”)
• orúkọ àdàpè
• orúkọ àdájẹ́
• orúkọ àfiṣáátá
• orúkọ àlàjẹ́ (“nickname”)
• orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá
• orúkọ àpèlé (“epithet”)
• orúkọ ènìyàn
• orúkọ ìdílé (“surname”)
• orúkọ ìnagijẹ (“alias”)
• orúkọ ìsàmì (“baptismal name”)
• orúkọ ìwé
• orúkọkórúkọ (“any name, bad name”)
• ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-afarajorúkọ (“pronomial”)
• ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-orúkọ alátapadà (“reflexive pronoun”)
• ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-orúkọ alátẹnumọ́ (“emphatic pronoun”)
• ọ̀rọ̀-orúkọ (“noun”)
• ìsọmọlórúkọ (“naming cerimony”)

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: oruncó
• Lucumí: oruko

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.ɾú.kɔ̄/

Noun

òrúkọ

1. Alternative form of òbúkọ (“billy, billy goat”)