olu

• IPA^(key): /ˈolu/, [ˈʔɔlʊ]
• 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 (2015 February 12) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN

olu f

1. inflection of ola:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural

(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.

• elú (Ifẹ̀)

Cognate with Igala ónú and Itsekiri olú

• IPA^(key): /ō.lú/

olú

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

   Synonyms: ọwá, ọba, ọlọ́jà, elú

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

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

Not related to Igala óru (which instead is cognate with Yoruba osun, esunsun). Unclear if this etymology is related to Etymology 1. Possibly related to Igbo eru

• IPA^(key): /ō.lú/

olú

1. mushroom, fungi, or toadstool

   Synonyms: osun, esunsun, àṣẹ̀ṣẹ́

• olú-ọrán
• olúwon̄gaga

• IPA^(key): /ò.lú/

òlú

1. (Ekiti, Usẹn) how much

   Synonym: èló