ejo
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from -ejo (“place”).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
ejo (accusative singular ejon, plural ejoj, accusative plural ejojn)
- a place designated for a purpose
Igala edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Yoruba ejò, ultimately proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *é-jò
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
éjò
- snake
- Synonym: ẹ́ñwu-anẹ̀ (euphemistic)
Rwanda-Rundi edit
Etymology edit
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ejó
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Yoruba edit
Etymology 1 edit
From 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 edit
Noun edit
ejò
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 edit
è- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jó (“to burn”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
èjó