gbogbo

Yoruba

Etymology

Perhaps related to Ifè kpó, Ede Idaca kpóó, Igala gbáà

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡ͡bō.ɡ͡bō/

Noun

gbogbo

1. all, everything, everyone

   Gbogbo ilé yín ńkọ́? Ṣé àlàáfíà ni wọ́n wà?

   And everyone at home? Are they doing well?

   • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎^[1], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:

     Bí ohun gbogbo tilẹ̀ yẹ, okùn ọrùn kò yẹ adìẹ.

     Even if all things become fashionable; no one pulls a hen with a rope round its neck. (proverb on what is not acceptable as a norm)

Usage notes

This noun often looks and acts as a qualifier or determiner, and while usually before nouns, can occasionally come after. Some examples:

• Gbogbo ọ̀rẹ́ fẹ́ràn ẹ̀bà jíjẹ. ― All of my friends love to eat eba.
• Ìgbà gbogbo ― All the time

However, it is not a traditional adjective as when it's combined with subject pronouns, it becomes ungrammatical and must be used with the possessive pronouns, showing that it's a noun in Yoruba grammar. An example:

• Gbogbo wa lọ s'Ékòó. ― All of us went to Lagos.

In the example above, the possessive pronoun, wa (“our”), instead of a (“we”), as Gbogbo a lọ s'Ékòó would be ungrammatical.

Synonyms

Yoruba varieties (all, everything, everyone)

Language Family	Variety Group	Variety	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìdànrè	kete
		Ìjẹ̀bú	dede
		Ìkálẹ̀	dede
		Ìlàjẹ	dede
		Oǹdó	dede
		Ọ̀wọ̀	gede
		Usẹn	-
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	kete
		Ifẹ̀	kete
		Ìgbómìnà	-
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà	-
		Western Àkókó	kete
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì	gbogbo
		Ẹ̀gbá	-
		Ìbàdàn	gbogbo
		Òǹkò	gbogbo
		Ọ̀yọ́	gbogbo
		Standard Yorùbá	gbogbo
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìbùnú	-
		Ìjùmú	-
		Ìyàgbà	gbogbo
		Owé	gbogbo
		Ọ̀wọ̀rọ̀	-