pẹtẹpẹtẹ
Yoruba edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Reduplication of pẹtẹ.
Pronunciation edit
Ideophone edit
pẹtẹpẹtẹ
Usage notes edit
- The mid-tone in this word suggests the ideophone is describing a noise that is neither high or low, but average or in the middle
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Ideophone edit
pẹtẹpẹ́tẹ́
Usage notes edit
- The mid tone and high tone in this word suggests the ideophone is describing a noise that is mid pitched and high pitched
Etymology 3 edit
From Reduplication of pẹ̀tẹ̀.
Pronunciation edit
Ideophone edit
pẹ̀tẹ̀pẹ̀tẹ̀
Usage notes edit
- The use of low-tone in this word suggests that the noise being described is deep and low
Etymology 4 edit
Noun sense derives from ideophone sense, ultimately from pẹ̀tẹ̀ + pẹ́tẹ̀
Pronunciation edit
Ideophone edit
pẹ̀tẹ̀pẹ́tẹ̀
Noun edit
pẹ̀tẹ̀pẹ́tẹ̀
- mud
- Synonyms: pọ̀tọ̀pọ́tọ̀, ẹrẹ̀, ẹrọ̀fọ̀