"Yoruba" meaning in Yoruba

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Proper name

IPA: /jō.ɾù.bá/ Forms: Yorùbá [canonical]
Etymology: Of unclear and disputed origin, it is likely that it was derived from an exonym from neighboring groups to the north, such as Hausa, Fulani, or Bariba. Various implausible etymologies have been proposed, often used to insult the Yoruba people or support supposed Middle Eastern or Jewish origins of the Yoruba people. What is certain is that the term was used originally in reference to only the Ọ̀yọ́ people (a subgroup of the Yoruba ethnic group) and the Oyo empire, and did not become used to refer to all Yoruba peoples until the late 19th century during attempts to foster a common ethnic identity. Etymological theories include: * Several folk etymologies associate the term from coming from Hausa or Fula slurs of Yoruba people, such as Hausa ya rība meaning "One who cheats," referring to the supposed deceitful tactics Yoruba traders used, or Hausa ya ruba meaning "Bad or rotten person." These has been dismissed and proscribed by most Yoruba scholars, however, the Yoruba term yóóbá is derived from the first etymology, but is not to be mistaken with "Yoruba." *According to linguist Kọlá Túbọ̀sún, it ultimately derives from a contraction of yārṑ + ọba "Children of the Ọba", (referring to the Alaafin of Oyo). * A newly proposed theory suggests it is a reborrowing from the word Yàgbà, a Yoruba subethnic group, borrowed into the Nupe and Hausa languages, where it became Yarba, and then reborrowed from Hausa Yarbanci Etymology templates: {{der|yo|ha|ya rība}} Hausa ya rība, {{der|yo|ha|ya ruba}} Hausa ya ruba, {{compound|yo|yārṑ|ọba}} yārṑ + ọba, {{bor|yo|ha|Yarbanci}} Hausa Yarbanci Head templates: {{head|yo|proper noun|head=Yorùbá|head2=}} Yorùbá, {{yo-pos|proper noun|Yorùbá}} Yorùbá, {{yo-proper noun|Yorùbá}} Yorùbá
  1. Yoruba (people or ethnicity) Categories (topical): Ethnonyms Synonyms: ọmọ Odùduwà, ọmọ Oòduà, ọmọ Ilẹ̀ káàárọ̀-oòjíire, ìran Yorùbá
    Sense id: en-Yoruba-yo-name-t42iynxd Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 54 31 15
  2. Yoruba (language) Categories (topical): Languages
    Sense id: en-Yoruba-yo-name-zPCXEPJ8 Disambiguation of Languages: 6 82 12 Categories (other): Yoruba entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 15 66 19
  3. (obsolete) Ọ̀yọ́ subethnic group Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-Yoruba-yo-name-kIh332Hm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Yoòbá Derived forms: èdè Yorùbá

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