ejo
Esperanto
editEtymology
editBack-formation from -ejo (“place”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editejo (accusative singular ejon, plural ejoj, accusative plural ejojn)
- a place designated for a purpose
Igala
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editCognate with Yoruba ejò, ultimately proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *é-jò
Pronunciation
editNoun
editéjò
- snake
- Synonym: ẹ́ñwu-anẹ̀ (euphemistic)
Rwanda-Rundi
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
editAdverb
editejó
Derived terms
editYoruba
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Yoruba *e-jò, Proto-Edekiri *e-jò. Cognate with Igala éjò, ultimately proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *é-jò, compare with Doublet of òjòlá. See synonym *o-kũ̀ a-lɛ̀
Pronunciation
editNoun
editejò
Derived terms
edit- ejò abìrùṣoró (“boomslang”)
- ejò paramọ́lẹ̀ (“night adder”)
- ejò ọká (“gaboon viper”)
- ejò abéwérẹ́ (“Jameson's mamba”)
- ejò àgbàfúùfúù (“boa constrictor, a species of tree snake”)
- ejò-inú (“roundworm, tapeworm”)
- èjòlá (“python”)
- ejò jomijòkè
- ejò mọ́námọ́ná (“ball python”)
- ejò ṣèbé (“cobra”)
- ejò ọwun (“black-necked spitting cobra”)
Etymology 2
editè- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jó (“to burn”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editèjó
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