ẹdọ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "edo"

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ẹ̀dọ̀ki

Etymology 1

Cognate with Igala ẹ̀dọ̀ (“torso, chest, heart”), proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-dɔ̀ (“chest, heart”). The form semantically shifted from heart/chest to liver in Yoruba, but maintains the chest meaning in some dialects like Ekiti. However, compounds like ẹ̀dọ̀fùfù (“impulsiveness, irritability”), still show remnants of that original meaning

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.dɔ̀/

Noun

ẹ̀dọ̀

1. liver, lung
2. (Ekiti) chest

   Synonym: àyà

Derived terms

• ẹ̀dọ̀fóró (“lung”)
• ẹ̀dọ̀fùfù (“impulsiveness”)
• ẹ̀dọ̀ki (“liver”)
• àrùn mẹ́dọ̀wú (“hepatitis”)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.dɔ̀/

Noun

ẹ̀dọ̀

1. Adenia cissampeloides, a species of passionflower

Derived terms

• ẹ̀dọ̀ ejò (“a plant of the genus Cissus”)
• ẹ̀dọ̀ ọgbọ́ (“a plant in the genus Canthium”)
• ẹ̀dọ̀ àgbọ̀nrín (“a plant of the genus Dioscorea”)