iṣu-nikan-kọniyan

Yoruba

Etymology

From iṣu (“yam”) +‎ nìkàn (“only”) +‎ kọ́ (“not”) +‎ ni (“to be”) +‎ iyán (“pounded yam”), literally “Yam is not the only thing that can be pounded”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ī.ʃū.nĩ̀.kã̀.kɔ́.nĩ̄.jã́/

Noun

iṣu-nìkàn-kọ́niyán

  1. A nickname for cassava
    Synonyms: gbágùúdá, ẹ̀gẹ́, pákí, lábíríkánná, ìgbáyẹ̀kẹ̀tẹ̀

References

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