iṣu-nikan-kọniyan

Yoruba

Iṣu-nìkàn-kọ́niyán

Etymology

From iṣu (“yam”) +‎ nìkàn (“only”) +‎ kọ́ (“not”) +‎ ni (“to be”) +‎ iyán (“pounded yam”), literally “Yam is not the only thing that can be pounded”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ī.ʃū.nĩ̀.kã̀.kɔ́.nĩ̄.jã́/

Noun

iṣu-nìkàn-kọ́niyán

A nickname for cassava
Synonyms: gbágùúdá, ẹ̀gẹ́, pákí, lábíríkánná, ìgbáyẹ̀kẹ̀tẹ̀

References

Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎^[1], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN