ụa
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ua"
Yoruba
Etymology 1
Probably ultimately from Edo ùghà or of a Proto-Edekiri origin
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʊ̀.à/
Noun
ụ̀à
- (Ekiti) palace, royal courtyard, particularly the royal courtyards of the àọ̀fịn of the Déjì of Àkúrẹ́
- (royal oríkì from the town of Ìlárá-Mọ̀kín)
Synonyms
| Yoruba varieties and languages: ìgà (“royal courtyard”) | |||||
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| Language family | Variety group | Variety/language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | ùgà |
| Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | ùgà | |||
| Ìkòròdú | ìgà | ||||
| Ṣágámù | ùgà | ||||
| Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | ùghà | |||
| Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | ùghà | |||
| Oǹdó | Oǹdó | ùghà, ùwà | |||
| Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | ùghà | |||
| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | ùghà | |||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ụ̀à |
| Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ụ̀à | |||
| Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ụ̀à | |||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ìgà | ||
| Èkó | Èkó | ìgà | |||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ìgà | |||
| Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | ìgà | |||
| Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | ìgà | |||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ìgà | |||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ìgà | |||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ìgà | |||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ìgà | ||||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Kabba | alẹ́de | ||
| 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. | |||||
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʊ̀.à/
Noun
ụ̀à
Derived terms
- Fákụ́àdé (“Yoruba name meaning "Ifa has brought celebration"”)
- Olúkụ́àdé (“Yoruba name meaning "The Lord has brought celebration"”)
- Ọlọ́fị́nkụ́àdé (“Yoruba name meaning "Ọlọ́fịn has brought celebration"”)
- Ọ̀ṣákụ́àdé (“Yoruba name meaning "Ọ̀rị̀ṣà has brought celebration"”)
- Ọ̀ṣúnkụ́àdé (“Yoruba name meaning "Osun has brought celebration"”)
- Ògúnkụ́àdé (“Yoruba name meaning "Ogun has brought celebration"”)
Etymology 3
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *ʊ-ghá, ultimately from Proto-Edekiri *ʊ-ghá. The term is also related to the word for rib in many Yoruboid dialects, see ùwá in Ijebu and ìghághè in Oǹdó
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʊ̀.á/
Noun
ụ̀á