tọ
Yoruba
Etymology 1
Cognate with Igala tọ̀ (“to urinate”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ̀/
Verb
tọ̀
- (urology, intransitive) to urinate
Derived terms
- àtọ̀ (“semen”)
- ìtọ̀ (“urine”)
Usage notes
- tọ before a direct object
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ̀/
Verb
tọ̀
- to follow behind, to follow suit
- Synonym: tẹ̀lé
- (transitive) to trace
- olè níí mọ ẹsẹ̀ olèé tọ̀ lórí àpáta ― Only a thief can trace the footprints of a thief on a rock
Derived terms
- ìtọ̀
- tọ̀bọ̀
- tọ̀lẹ́yìn
- tọ̀lọ
- tọ̀wá
- wọ́tọ̀
Usage notes
- tọ before a direct object
Etymology 3
Cognate with Igala tọ (“to leap”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ̄/
Verb
tọ
- to hop, jump
- Synonym: bẹ́
- tọ bí ọ̀pọ̀lọ́ ― Hop like a frog
Derived terms
- ìtọ
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ́/
Verb
tọ́
- to take or draw out a measured quantity of something
Derived terms
- ìtọ́
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ́/
Verb
tọ́
- (transitive) to touch lightly
- (transitive) to taste
Derived terms
- ìtọ́
- fọwọ́tọ́
- fitọ́
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ́/
Verb
tọ́
- (transitive) to provoke, to tease
- (transitive) to tap
Derived terms
- ìtọ́
- tọ́jà (“to instigate”)
- fitọ́
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ́/
Verb
tọ́
- (transitive) to guide, to train, to nurture, to raise
- tọ́ ọmọ rẹ kí wọ lè ní ìsinmi ― Train your child so that you can have rest
- (transitive) to tap
Derived terms
- ìtọ́
- tọ́sọ́nà
- fitọ́
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ́/
Verb
tọ́
- to be straight, to be on a straight line
Derived terms
- mútọ́
- tọ́ pìn-ùn bí ọ̀pá ìbọn (“to be straight like the barrel of a gun”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ́/
Verb
tọ́
- to be proper or appropriate to do
- Synonym: yẹ
- ó tọ́ kí a lọ kí wọn ― It is proper to go and greet them
Derived terms
- ìtọ́
- ẹ̀tọ́
- tọ́sí
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ́/
Verb
tọ́
- (intransitive) to be lasting, to last
- (idiomatic) to have a long-life, to be long-lived
- Synonym: gbó
Derived terms
- atọ́
- ìtọ́
- ogbó atọ́ àsúre Ìwòrìwòfún
- tọ́jọ́