ojigan

Yoruba

Etymology

Perhaps related to Gun ajinján

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ò.d͡ʒì.ɡã̄/

Noun

òjìgan

  1. porcupine, specifically an African brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus africanus) or a crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata)
    Synonym: òòrẹ̀

References

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