ṣoṣo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "soso"

Yoruba

Etymology

Compare Igbo sọ̀ọsọ̀ & Ogbah sọ̀ọsọ̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃō.ʃō/

Ideophone

ṣoṣo

1. only
   • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, quoting Fabunmi, M. A., “ṣoṣo”, in Àyájọ́ Ohùn Ifẹ̀ Ibadan‎^[1], number LDC2008L03, 1972, Nigeria: Onibon-oje Press & Book Industries Ltd, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →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, Yiwola Awoyale, “ṣoṣo”, in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎^[2], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →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”)
• ohun-àṣejáde àmúlò-kan-ṣoṣo (“single-use goods”)
• ṣoṣooṣo (“absolutely only”)
• àṣà ìfẹ́yàwókanṣoṣo (“monogamy”)

 

References

• Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) “ṣoṣo”, in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎^[3], volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN