apọn

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Cognates include Nupe èkpán

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.k͡pɔ̃́/

Noun

àpọ́n

  1. bachelor

Etymology 2

From à- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ pọ́n (to be red)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.k͡pɔ̃́/

Noun

àpọ́n

  1. Grey-headed kingfisher, Halcyon leucocephala
    Synonym: ẹyẹ àpọ́n

References

  • Awoyale, Yiwola (19 December 2008) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0[1], volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN