abuubutan

Yoruba edit

Etymology edit

à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bù (“to dip out”) +‎ àì- (“negating prefix”) +‎ bù (“to dip out”) +‎ tán (“to finish”), literally “scooping out without finish”

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /à.bùù.bù.tã́/

Noun edit

àbùùbùtán

inexhaustibility; endlessness
whale
Synonym: ẹja agbárùrù