ṣoṣo

ṣoṣo

Yoruba

Etymology

Compare Igbo sọ̀ọsọ̀ & Ogbah sọ̀ọsọ̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃō.ʃō/

Ideophone

ṣoṣo

1. only
   • 2008 December 19, Awoyale, Yiwola, quoting Fabunmi, M. A., “ṣoṣo”, in Àyájọ́ Ohùn Ifẹ̀ Ibadan‎, number LDC2008L03, 1972, Nigeria: Onibon-oje Press & Book Industries Ltd, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, DOI:https://doi.org/10.35111/6sp6-8p36, →ISBN:

     Ọ̀pá kan ṣoṣo níí lé igbaa mààkúù; òkò kan ṣoṣo níí tú igba ẹyẹ.

     It is only one wooden staff that drives two hundred cows; it is only one rock misile that disperses two hundred birds (incantation).

   • 2008 December 19, Awoyale, Yiwola, “ṣoṣo”, in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, DOI:https://doi.org/10.35111/6sp6-8p36, →ISBN:

     Ọlọ́run nìkan ṣoṣo l'ó gbọ́n, ọ̀bọ lènìyàn.

     It is only God who is wise, a human creature is a fool. (proverb on divine wisdom)

Derived terms

• amèdèkanṣoṣo (“monoglot”)
• àṣà ìfẹ́yàwókanṣoṣo (“monogamy”)
• ohun-àṣejáde àmúlò-kan-ṣoṣo (“single-use goods”)
• ṣoṣooṣo (“absolutely only”)

 

References

• Awoyale, Yiwola (December 19, 2008), “ṣoṣo”, in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →ISBN