tọ
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "to"
Yoruba[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Cognate with Igala tọ̀ (“to urinate”)
Pronunciation[edit]
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tọ̀
- (urology, intransitive) to urinate
Usage notes[edit]
- tọ before a direct object
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Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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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[edit]
- tọ before a direct object
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Etymology 3[edit]
Cognate with Igala tọ (“to leap”)
Pronunciation[edit]
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tọ
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Etymology 4[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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tọ́
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Etymology 5[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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tọ́
- (transitive) to touch lightly
- (transitive) to taste
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Etymology 6[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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tọ́
- (transitive) to provoke, to tease
- (transitive) to tap
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Etymology 7[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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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
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Etymology 8[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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tọ́
Derived terms[edit]
- mútọ́
- tọ́ pìn-ùn bí ọ̀pá ìbọn (“to be straight like the barrel of a gun”)
Etymology 9[edit]
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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
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Etymology 10[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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tọ́
- (intransitive) to be lasting, to last
- (idiomatic) to have a long-life, to be long-lived
- Synonym: gbó