orí
noun
/ō.ɾí/
Definitions
- head
- top, leader
- the metaphysical concept of one's spiritual intuition, destiny, and consciousness, deified as a divinity, Orí.
Other entries with this spelling
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Etymology
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *o-ríɣo, *o-rí, from Proto-Edekiri *o-ríɣo, *o-rí, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-ɗí, *ó-dí. Cognate with Igala ójí. 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
Cognate with Ede Idaca erío, Ifè eríwo, Olukumi órí, and Itsekiri orígho.
Dialectal synonyms “head” 66 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ìdóàní
- orí
- Ọ̀bà Àkókó
- orí
- Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)
- orígho
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- orúwo
- Ẹ̀pẹ́
- orúwo
- Ìkòròdú
- orúgho
- Ṣágámù
- orúgho
- Òkìtìpupa
- orígho
- Mahin
- oríghoorúgho
- Oǹdó
- oíghooí
- Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)
- orígho
- Usẹn
- orí
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- orígho
Olùkùmi
- Ugbódù
- órí
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- orí
- Òdè Èkìtì
- orí
- Òmùò Èkìtì
- orí
- Awó Èkìtì
- orí
- Ìfàkì Èkìtì
- orí
- Àkúrẹ́
- orí
- Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì
- orí
- Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀)
- orí
- Iléṣà (Uléṣà)
- orío
- Òkè Igbó
- orí
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- orí
- Abẹ́òkúta
- orí
- Èkó
- orí
- Ìbàdàn
- orí
- Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún
- erí
- Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA
- erí
- Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA
- erí
- Ìsin LGA
- erí
- Ìlọrin
- erí
- Oǹkó
- orí
- Ìwéré Ilé
- eí
- Òkèhò
- orí
- Ìsẹ́yìn
- erí
- Ṣakí
- erí
- Tedé
- orí
- Ìgbẹ́tì
- erí
- Ọ̀yọ́
- orí
- Nàìjíríà
- orí
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- orí
Northeast Yoruba/Okun
- Kabba
- oówo
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Sokode
- eéwo
- Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)
- eéwo
- Tchaourou
- éwo
- Baàtɛ
- éwoeéwo
- Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)
- eríwoeríoeéwo
- Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè
- erí
- Ìkpòbɛ́
- erí
- Kétu
- erí
- Akpáré
- eríwo
- Atakpamɛ
- eríwo
- Boko
- eéwoéwo
- Moretan
- eéwo
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- eríwo
- Awotébi
- órí
- Partago
- érí
- Kandi
- irí
- Kambole
- eéwo
- Manigri
- eéwo
- Ìsakété
- erí
- Ìfànyìn
- erí
Overseas Yoruba
- Havana
- orí
- Onko-Itsesiwaju
- erí
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eré orí ìtàgénoun
olóríleader
Wiktionary points at “olórí”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “olorì”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “olórí” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
olorì
the official designated wife of a monarch; usually the most senior wife of a king; queen consort
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “ori”.
Reference:
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