onimọ ẹda-ede

Yoruba

Etymology

From onímọ̀ (“knowledgeable person”) +‎ ẹ̀dá (“creation”) +‎ èdè (“language”), literally “knowledgeable person of language creation”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.nĩ́.mɔ̃̀ ɛ̀.dá è.dè/

Noun

onímọ̀ ẹ̀dá-èdè

1. linguist

Related terms

• ìmọ̀ ẹ̀dá-èdè (“linguistics”)
• ìmọ̀ ìjìnlẹ̀ ẹ̀dá-èdè (“linguistics”)
• ìmọ̀ ẹ̀dá-èdè lìǹgúísíìkì àmúlò (“applied linguistics”)