Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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A much newer term for salt, to see more historic and older forms for salt, see Yoruba oghun (Owe)

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Noun

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iyọ̀

  1. salt
    Synonym: oghun
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Etymology 2

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ì- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ yọ (to remove, to subtract)

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Noun

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ìyọ

  1. subtraction, removal