ẹlẹyamẹya
Yoruba
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom ẹlẹ́yà (“member of a group”) + mọ̀ (“to know”) + ẹ̀yà (“group; part”), literally “That members of a [racial or ethnic] group only associate with their group”.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editẹlẹ́yàmẹ́yà
- prejudice, discrimination
- racism, tribalism
- Synonyms: ìmẹ̀yà, ẹ̀yà tèmi lọ̀gá
- racist, tribalist
- Synonym: amẹ̀yà
Derived terms
edit- ìjọba ẹlẹ́yàmẹ̀yà (“apartheid”)
See also
edit- kẹ́lẹ́sìnmẹ̀sìn (“religious discrimination”)
- kẹ́lẹ́gbẹ́mẹgbẹ́ (“classism”)