ṣọkọrọgbọdọ

Yoruba

Etymology

ṣe (“to make”) +‎ ọkọ (“husband”) +‎ rọ̀gbọ̀dọ̀ (“healthy, beautiful”), literally “That which makes your husband healthy, beautiful”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔ̄.kɔ̄.ɾɔ̀.ɡ͡bɔ̀.dɔ̀/

Noun

ṣọkọrọ̀gbọ̀dọ̀

1. (Ekiti) The plant Tabernaemontana pachysiphon, known for its healing properties.

References

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