ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
noun
/ɔ̀.ɡɛ̀.dɛ̀/
Definitions
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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 bananaUsed inodi ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ọlọ́gẹ̀dẹ̀nounọtí ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ aboọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ dòdòọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ dúdúọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ lóbòóyeọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ pípọ́nọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ wẹẹrẹọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ àgbagbànounọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ àkìmọ́lẹ̀ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ àpáńtàọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ ìbílẹ̀ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀-líláọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀-ntiti òyìnbóọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀-odòọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀-ọ̀mìnìpàràká ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ìtì 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).
Dialectal synonyms “banana, plantain” 35 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó (Ùkàrẹ́)
- ẹ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ bananaìbọ́nyìn plantain
- Ẹ̀pẹ́
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ bananaìbọ́nyìn plantain
- Ìkòròdú
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ bananaìbọ́nyìn plantain
- Ṣágámù
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ bananaìbọ́nyìn plantain
- Òkìtìpupa
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ bananaìbàtíyàn plantain
- Mahin
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ bananaàbàtíyàn plantain
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ bananaọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ òyíbó bananaatán plantain
Olùkùmi
- Ugbódù
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ gwẹrẹ banana
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
- Àkúrẹ́
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
- Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- ẹ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
- Èkó
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
- Ìbàdàn
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
- Igbó Òrà
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
- Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
- Ìlọrin
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
- Òtù
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
- Ìwéré Ilé
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
- Òkèhò
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
- Ìsẹ́yìn
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
- Ṣakí
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
- Tedé
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
- Ìgbẹ́tì
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
- Ọ̀yọ́
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
- Nàìjíríà
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- ɔ̀gɛ̀dɛ̀
Northeast Yoruba/Okun
- Kabba
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)
- àgbáàgbà
- Akpáré
- àkɔɖú bananaàgbáŋ̀gbà banana, plantain
- Atakpamɛ
- àkɔɖú bananaàgbáŋ̀gbà banana, plantain
- Est-Mono
- àkɔɖú bananaàgbáŋ̀gbà banana, plantain
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- àkɔɖú bananaàgbáŋ̀gbà banana, plantain
Overseas Yoruba
- Havana
- oguede
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These words list this one in their own definitions. This word does not list them back, so Wiktionary records the link in one direction only.
The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
banana
plantain; banana
plantain
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀Ebiraàgẹ̀dẹ̀Baatonum
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ọgẹdẹ”.
Reference:
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