ewuro

Yoruba

Alternative forms

  • eríro

Etymology

Compare Edo órhíwò (“bitter leaf”)

Pronunciation

Noun

ewúro

  1. bitterleaf (Vernonia amygdalina)
    Synonym: ẹ̀fọ́ ewúro

Derived terms

  • adùn ni ń gbẹ̀yìn ewúro (“sweetness is the aftertaste of bitter leaf”)
  • korò bí ewúro (“as bitter as bitter leaf”)

References

  1. ^ Adeniyi, Kolawole (24 November 2020) “Lexicalisation of tonal downstep in Yoruba”, in Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue Canadienne De Linguistique, 65
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