igbayẹkẹtẹ

Yoruba

Etymology

From ìgbá (“eggplant, garden egg”) +‎ yẹ̀kẹ̀tẹ̀ (“an ideophone describing a physical entity being large, loose, soft, fragile and heavy”), literally “large and heavy garden egg”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ì.ɡ͡bá.jɛ̀.kɛ̀.tɛ̀/

Noun

ìgbáyẹ̀kẹ̀tẹ̀

  1. cassava, manioc
    Synonyms: gbágùúdá, ẹ̀gẹ́, pákí, lábíríkánná, iṣu-nìkàn-kọ́niyán
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