ajao

Yoruba

Àjàò

Alternative forms

• àjàwò

Etymology

Perhaps from à- +‎ jà +‎ wò, its ability to fly often has it mistaken for a bird or the bat among Yoruba speakers

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.d͡ʒà.ò/

Noun

àjàò

1. rodents known as anomalures, (specifically) two species of rodent in genus Anomalurus that occur in Nigeria, Beecroft's flying squirrel (Anomalurus beecrofti) and Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel (Anomalurus derbianus), not closely related to the better-known group of flying squirrels of the Sciuridae (squirrel) family

   Synonyms: àlàò, ẹlẹ́mọ̀ọ́

   Àjàò, kò ṣe eku kò ṣe ẹyẹ ― The flying mammal, it's not a rat and yet it's not a bird

Derived terms

• àjàò ajọ̀sọ́n, àjàò pupa
• àjàò dídú