ọba

See also: oba, Oba., and -oba

Edo

Etymology

Cognate with Arigidi ɔba, Yoruba ọba

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ́.bá/

Noun

ọba

  1. king, ruler
    Ẹvbo na i mwẹn ọba
    This town has no ruler
    Synonym: ogie

Derived terms
  • Ọba (“Emperor of the Benin Kingdom”)

Yoruba

Etymology

Folk etymology states that it comes from ọ- (“agent prefix”) +‎ ba (“to watch over”). Other etymological theories suggest it coming from the same root as father, compare with baba (“father”), ọbàkan (“paternal half sibling”), ọmọba, but is usually gender neutral when referring to a monarch. Cognate with Arigidi ɔba, Edo ọba

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ̄.bā/

Noun

ọba

  1. king, queen, monarch
    Synonyms: ọwá, ọlọ́jà, olú
  2. (obsolete, archaic) father
    Synonyms: baba, bàbá, àbá

Derived terms
  • ayaba (“queen”)
  • ìtẹ́ ọba (“throne”)
  • iyọba (“queen mother”)
  • Ọba Kòso (“A nickname for Ṣàngó”)
  • Ọbaálá (“A senior chieftaincy title”)
  • ọbabìnrin (“queen (as in a queen who rules in her own right, rather as the wife of a king)”)
  • ọbàkan (“paternal half sibling”)
  • Ọbalúayé (“A Yoruba orisha”)
  • Ọbàlùfọ̀n (“A Yoruba orisha and ancient king”)
  • Ọbamakin (“The name of an ancient Ọọ̀ni”)
  • Ọbańta (“A senior chieftaincy title and the name of the founder of the Ìjẹ̀bú kingdom”)
  • ọmọba (“prince, princess”)
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