ile awoṣifila

Yoruba

Etymology

ilé (“house,building”) +‎ a- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ wò (“to look”) +‎ ṣí (“to open, to fall off”) +‎ fìlà (“hat”), literally “The building that when we look up to see it, our hat falls off”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ī.lé à.wò.ʃí.fì.là/

Noun

ilé àwòṣífìlà

  1. skyscraper, high-rise
    Synonyms: ilé-aládodo, ilé gogoro
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