abuubutan

Yoruba

Etymology

à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bù (“to dip out”) +‎ àì- (“negating prefix”) +‎ bù (“to dip out”) +‎ tán (“to finish”), literally “scooping out without finish”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.bùù.bù.tã́/

Noun

àbùùbùtán

  1. inexhaustibility; endlessness
  2. whale
    Synonym: ẹja agbárùrù
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