ẹga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ega"

Yoruba

Ẹ̀gà

Etymology

Cognate with Nupe ègwa, Igala ìga, Urhobo ọriọka, Edo akha, and Idoma àga. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *V̀-ga. Blench (2007) proposed a tentative reconstruction to Proto-Niger-Congo *-ga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.ɡà/, /ɛ̀.ɡā/

Noun

ẹ̀gà or ẹ̀ga

1. Village weaver

   Synonym: ẹyẹ ẹ̀gà

   ẹni tí kò gbọ́ tẹnu ẹ̀gà l'ó ní ẹ̀gà ń pàtótó ― whoever does not understand the chirping of the weaver-birds will say they are babbling (proverb against misjudgement)

References

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