olu

• IPA^(key): /ˈolu/
• Hyphenation: o‧lu

ólu m 

1. shrubbery

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

olu

1. pumpkin

• Pat Lillie, Amaimon Organised Phonology Data (2001)

olu

1. (emphatic) they, them

• u

From olema (“to be”) +‎ -u.

olu (genitive olu, partitive olu)

1. existence
2. essence
3. circumstance, circumstances (often in the plural)

• ol

Based on ilu (“he, him”) and elu (“she, her”) +‎ -u (“denoting a person”).

olu (plural oli)

1. it, that

• oli (“they, them”) (neuter)

• lu (“he, him, she, her, it, that”)
• ilu (“he, him”) (masculine)
• elu (“she, her”) (feminine)

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-lũ or Proto-Yoruboid *o-rũ. Cognate with Yoruba oorun

• IPA^(key): /ó.lū/

ólu

1. sleep, slumber, nap

• l'olu (“to sleep”)
• ólu-ẹja (“to sleep with your eyes barely closed”)

• John Idakwoji (February 12, 2015) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN

olu f

1. accusative singular form of ola
2. instrumental singular form of ola
3. genitive plural form of ola

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [ôːlu]

ôlu

1. this; class 11 proximal demonstrative.

Cognate with Igala ónú and Isekiri olú

• IPA^(key): /ō.lú/

olú

1. leader, head, chief; prominent one, hero

   Synonyms: ọwá, ọba, ọlọ́jà

2. A common prefix for Yoruba given names and surnames, see Olú

• olúwa (“lord, husband”)
• Olúwa (“God”)
• Olú

Cognate with Igala óru, probably not related to Etymology 1

• IPA^(key): /ō.lú/

olú

1. mushroom, fungi, or toadstool

   Synonyms: osun, esunsun

• olú-ọrán
• olúwon̄gaga

• IPA^(key): /ò.lú/

òlú

1. (Ekiti, Usẹn) how much

   Synonym: èló