amọtẹkun

Yoruba

Etymology

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ mọ̀ (“to know”) +‎ tó (“that”) +‎ tó (“is equal to, similar to”) +‎ ẹkùn (“leopard”), literally “The one that we know that is similar to a leopard”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.mɔ̃̀.tɛ́.kũ̀/

Noun

àmọ̀tẹ́kùn

  1. cheetah
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