ẹla

Yoruba

Agbo ẹlá ní Nàìjíríà.

Etymology 1

Cognate with Olukumi ẹlá, probably from ẹ- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ lá (“to be big”). It is unknown if its related to the similar forms ẹran (“meat, cow”), ẹlịlá (“cow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.lá/

Noun

ẹlá

1. (Owe) cow, cattle

   Synonyms: màlúù, ẹlilá

Etymology 2

ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ là (“to split, to divide”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.là/

Noun

ẹ̀là

1. slice, fragment

   Synonyms: àlàwẹ́, àkúfọ́, àpólà, ẹ̀ṣẹ́, ẹ̀já

Derived terms

• ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe ẹlẹ́là (“splitting verb”)

 

Etymology 3

òdòdó ẹ̀là

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.là/

Noun

ẹ̀là

1. (Ọyọ) the plant Calyptrochilum christyanum

Etymology 4

ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ là (“to dilute”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.là/

Noun

ẹ̀là

1. dilution, chemical, compound

   Synonym: èpò