tọ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "to"
Yoruba
Etymology 1
Cognate with Igala tọ̀ (“to urinate”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ̀/
Verb
tọ̀
Usage notes
- tọ before a direct object
Derived terms
Etymology 2
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
Usage notes
- tọ before a direct object
Derived terms
- tọ̀bọ̀
- tọ̀lẹ́yìn
- tọ̀lọ
- tọ̀wá
- wọ́tọ̀
- ìtọ̀
Etymology 3
Cognate with Igala tọ (“to leap”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ̄/
Verb
tọ
Derived terms
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ́/
Verb
tọ́
Derived terms
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ́/
Verb
tọ́
Derived terms
- ìtọ́
- fọwọ́tọ́
- fitọ́
Etymology 6
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ́/
Verb
tọ́
Derived terms
- ìtọ́
- tọ́jà (“to instigate”)
- fitọ́
Etymology 7
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
Etymology 8
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ́/
Verb
tọ́
Derived terms
- mútọ́
- tọ́ pìn-ùn bí ọ̀pá ìbọn (“to be straight like the barrel of a gun”)
Etymology 9
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
Etymology 10
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ́/
Verb
tọ́
- (intransitive) to be lasting, to last
- (idiomatic) to have a long-life, to be long-lived
- Synonym: gbó