ẹlẹdẹ
Yoruba
editAlternative forms
edit- lẹ́dẹ̀ (Ondo)
Etymology
editFrom oní- (“one who has”) + ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + dẹ̀ (“to be soft”), literally “one who has soft (meat or skin)”
Pronunciation
editNoun
editẹlẹ́dẹ̀
Derived terms
edit- abo ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ (“sow”)
- ẹlẹ́dẹ̀-igbó (“warthog, boar”)
- ẹlẹ́dẹ̀-odò (“red river hog”)
- ẹlẹ́lẹ́dẹ̀ (“pig farmer”)
- ọgbà ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ (“piggery”)
- ọmọ-ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ (“piglet”)
- àfọ̀ ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ (“pigsty”)
- àgbẹ̀ ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ (“pig farmer”)
Related terms
edit- esì (“red river hog”)
- ìmàdò (“warthog”)
Descendants
edit- → Hausa: àladḕ