ọbuntun
Yoruba
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *ɔ-bʊtʊ̃ (“maiden”), see Ifè àbitɔ̃, Itsekiri abitọn
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ọbuntun
Synonyms
[edit]| Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ọbuntun (“maiden”) | ||||
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | obitọn |
| Ọ̀wọ̀ | Ọ̀wọ̀ | obitọn | ||
| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | abitọn | ||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ọbịtụn, ọbụntụn |
| Àkúrẹ́ | ọbịtụn, ọbụntụn | |||
| Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ọbịtụn, ọbụntụn | |||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ọbuntun | |
| Èkó | Èkó | ọbuntun | ||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ọbuntun | ||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ọbuntun | ||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ọbuntun | ||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ọbuntun | ||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Kabba | obutọn | |
| Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | àbitɔ̃ | |
| Atakpamé | àbitɔ̃ | |||
| Est-Mono | àbitɔ̃ | |||
| Tchetti | àbitɔ̃ | |||
| 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. | ||||