anikangbiju

Yoruba edit

Anìkàngbijù

Etymology edit

From a- (“agent prefix”) +‎ ni (“to be”) +‎ ọ̀kàn (“only one”) +‎ gbà (“to take, to occupy”) +‎ ijù (“forest, jungle, wilderness”), literally “The one who solely dominates the forest”.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ā.nĩ̀.kã̀.ɡ͡bī.d͡ʒù/

Noun edit

anìkàngbijù

(idiomatic) the plant Hoslundia opposita

References edit

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