ajao didu

Yoruba

Etymology

From àjàò (“anomalure, flying squirrel”) +‎ dídú (“black, to be black”), literally “The black flying squirrel”, compare with àjàò àjọ̀sọ́n (“the orange flying squirrel”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.d͡ʒà.ò dí.dú/

Noun

àjàò dídú

1. (Àkúrẹ́) a type of rodent known as the anomalure in the genus Anomalurus, (specifically) the Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel, it resembles but is not closely related to the main family of flying squirrels

Coordinate terms

• àjàò
• àjàò àjọ̀sọ́n (“the only other species of flying squirrel in Nigeria, known as the Beecroft's Flying squirrel”)
• àjàò pụpa

Notes

• The use of color to separate the two species of flying squirrels has only been observed in the speech of speakers of the Àkúrẹ́ dialect