igbayẹkẹtẹ

Yoruba

Ìgbáyẹ̀kẹ̀tẹ̀

Etymology

From ìgbá (“eggplant, garden egg”) +‎ yẹ̀kẹ̀tẹ̀ (“an ideophone describing a physical entity being large, loose, soft, fragile and heavy”), literally “large and heavy garden egg”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ì.ɡ͡bá.jɛ̀.kɛ̀.tɛ̀/

Noun

ìgbáyẹ̀kẹ̀tẹ̀

cassava, manioc
Synonyms: gbágùúdá, ẹ̀gẹ́, pákí, lábíríkánná, iṣu-nìkàn-kọ́niyán