aláǹtakùn
noun
/ā.lá.ŋ̀.tā.kũ̀/
Definitions
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spider
Similar wordsaláǹgọ́dọ̀ẹlẹ́nàkòkòrò ẹkẹ́sẹ̀mẹ́jọ
Etymology
From oní- (“one who has”) + à (“nominalizing prefix”) + ǹ + ta (“to weave”) + okùn (“string”), literally “One who weaves with string”.
Component words
oní-one who hasànominalizing prefixǹ
tato weave
10 entries are spelled “ta”. The etymology calls it “to weave”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
ta
to grow, to form, to become big
ta
to splash, pop, explode
ta
to spring, burst, bounce
ta
to shine (as in the sun or daylight)
ta
to shoot, fire (from a weapon that releases a projectile).
ta
to stick out visibly, to protrude
ta
to spin something, to roll
ta
to snatch (suddenly)
ta
to flirt, to talk with teasing affection
ta
who, whom, whose
okùnstring
Listed as a similar word by
These words list this one in their own definitions. This word does not list them back, so Wiktionary records the link in one direction only.
The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
ìjàkánoun
“ìjàká” lists “aláǹtakun” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring tone marks. It may be a misspelling, or “aláǹtakun” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
ìjàká
spider
spiderspider
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “alantakun”.
Reference:
en-alantakun-yo-noun-m~oLUKkO