afomọ
Yoruba
Etymology
From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + fò (“to fly; to jump”) + mọ́ (“towards”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /à.fò.mɔ̃́/
Noun
àfòmọ́
- (agriculture) epiphyte; air plant
- (biology, by extension) parasite
- (linguistics, by extension) affix
Hyponyms
- àfòmọ́ àárín (“infix”)
- àfòmọ́ ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ (“prefix”)
- àfòmọ́ ìparí (“suffix”)
Derived terms
proverbs
- àfòmọ́ ò légbò, gbogbo igi níí bá tan
- àfòmọ́ ń ṣe ara ẹ̀, ó lóun ń ṣe igi