orooro

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• òróǹro

Etymology

Cognate with Igala òlólò, Olukumi rírorò

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.ɾóò.ɾō/

Noun

òróòro

1. bile, gallbladder

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - òróòro (“bile, gallbladder”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Eastern Àkókó	Ìkàrẹ́	Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó	àpàárọ̀
		Ìkálẹ̀		Òkìtìpupa	oríìro
		Oǹdó		Oǹdó	oróǹro
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	òrínò
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	òrírò
	Northwest Yoruba	Èkó		Èkó	òróòro, òróǹro
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	òróòro, òróǹro
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	òróòro, òróǹro
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	òróòro, òróǹro
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	òróòro, òróǹro
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	òróòro, òróǹro
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	òróòrò
				Atakpamé	òróòrò
				Est-Mono	òróòrò
				Tchetti	òróòrò
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

• àpò òróòro (“gallbladder”)