ẹdun arinlẹ

Yoruba edit

Etymology edit

From ẹdun (“colobus monkey”) +‎ a- (“agent prefix”) +‎ rìn (“to walk”) +‎ ilẹ̀ (“ground”), literally “The colobus monkey that treads on the ground”.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.dũ̄ ā.ɾĩ̄.lɛ̀/

Noun edit

ẹdun arinlẹ̀

(idiomatic, derogatory) a bankrupt person; (specifically) a rich person who has lost all of their fortune
(idiomatic, derogatory) lame duck

Derived terms edit

dẹdun arinlẹ̀ (“to go bankrupt, to lose one's money”)

See also edit

ojú kì í pọ́n ẹdu kó dẹni ilẹ̀; ìṣẹ́ kì í ṣẹ́ igún kó di ojúgbà adìẹ (“poverty does not afflict the colobus monkey to the extent that it becomes a land dwelling creature; the vulture is never so badly off that it becomes the equal of a chicken”)