ọya

== Igala == === Alternative forms === ọ́yáà === Etymology === From Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-yà. Cognate with Yoruba aya and the Ekiti Yoruba form, ọyà === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ́.jà/ === Noun === ọ́yà wife === References === John Idakwoji (12 February 2015), An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN == Yoruba == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɔ̀.jà/ ==== Noun ==== ọ̀yà cane rat, grasscutter Synonyms: ewújù, òkúrù ===== Derived terms ===== òdù ọ̀yà === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɔ̀.jà/ ==== Noun ==== ọ̀yà labor Synonym: iṣẹ́ ===== Derived terms ===== owó ọ̀yà (“wage”) ìsanwó-ọ̀yà === Etymology 3 === ọ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ya (“to tear, to split”) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɔ̀.jā/ ==== Noun ==== ọ̀ya something that is forked === Etymology 4 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɔ̀.jā/ ==== Noun ==== ọ̀ya someone who is castrated, eunuch Synonym: òkóbó === Etymology 5 === Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *ɔ-yà, from Proto-Edekiri *ɔ-yà, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-yà. ==== Alternative forms ==== ayà (Ekiti) aya ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɔ̄.jà/ ==== Noun ==== ọyà (Ekiti, Owe) wife Synonyms: ọbị̀nrịn, ọbụ̀rịn, abílékọ ===== Derived terms ===== Not used by speakers of Ekiti dialect in the southern part of the region, including speakers of the Akure sub-dialect