ẹdọ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "edo"

Yoruba

Alternative forms

  • ẹ̀dọ̀ki

Etymology 1

Cognate with Igala ẹ̀dọ̀ (“torso, chest, heart”), proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-dɔ̀ (“chest, heart”). The form semantically shifted from heart/chest to liver in Yoruba, but maintains the chest meaning in some dialects like Ekiti. However, compounds like ẹ̀dọ̀fùfù (“impulsiveness, irritability”), still show remnants of that original meaning

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̀.dɔ̀/

Noun

ẹ̀dọ̀

  1. liver, lung
  2. (Ekiti) chest
    Synonym: àyà
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̀.dɔ̀/

Noun

ẹ̀dọ̀

  1. an elephantfoot passionflower of species Adenia cissampeloides
Derived terms
  • ẹ̀dọ̀ ejò (“a plant of the genus Cissus”)
  • ẹ̀dọ̀ ọgbọ́ (“a plant in the genus Canthium”)
  • ẹ̀dọ̀ àgbọ̀nrín (“a plant of the genus Dioscorea”)
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