amọ

See also: amo, AMO, Amo, amó, amò, amö, amô, ãmo, amɔ, Amo., -amo, amo-, amo', and амо

Gun

Alternative forms

àmɔ́ (Benin)

Etymology

Possibly from Yoruba àmọ́, from Hausa àmmā, from Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā). Compare Fon amɔ̆, Yoruba àmọ́

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /à.mɔ̃́/

Conjunction

àmọ́ (Nigeria)

but

Yoruba

Alternative forms

اموَْ

Etymology 1

From Hausa àmmā, from Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /à.mɔ̃́/

Conjunction

àmọ́

but

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /à.mɔ̃́/

Noun

àmọ́

pancreas

Derived terms

àrùn àmọ́ (“pancreatitis”)

Etymology 3

Àmọ̀kòkò tó ń mọ kòkò pẹ̀lú amọ̀

Cognates include Igala ámá, Itsekiri amà, Ifè amà

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ā.mɔ̃̀/

Noun

amọ̀

clay

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - amọ̀ (“clay”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Oǹdó		Oǹdó	amà
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Ìtsẹkírì			Ìwẹrẹ	amà
Proto-Yoruba	Northwest Yoruba	Ẹ̀gbá		Abẹ́òkúta	amọ̀
		Èkó		Èkó	amọ̀
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	amọ̀
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	amọ̀
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	amọ̀
				Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́)	amọ̀
				Ìkirè	amọ̀
				Ìwó	amọ̀
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	amọ̀
		Standard Yorùbá		Bɛ̀nɛ̀	amɔ̀
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Kétu/Ànàgó	Ìlárá	amọ̀
				Ìdọ̀fà	amọ̀
				Ìwòyè Kétu	amọ̀
				Kétu	amɔ̀
		Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	amà
				Atakpamɛ	amà
				Est-Mono	amà
				Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)	amà
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.