ẹ̀rọ ayárabíàṣá
noun
ẹ̀rọ-ayárabíàṣá (alternative)
Definitions
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computer (machine)
Similar wordskọ̀m̀pútànoun 2 entries are spelled “kọ̀m̀pútà”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. kọ̀m̀pútà nonstandard spelling of kọ̀ǹpútà (“computer”) kọ̀ǹpútà computer kọ̀m̀pútànoun 2 entries are spelled “kọ̀m̀pútà”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. kọ̀m̀pútà nonstandard spelling of kọ̀ǹpútà (“computer”) kọ̀ǹpútà computer
Etymology
From ẹ̀rọ (“machine”) + a (“one who, that which is”) + yára (“to be fast”) + bí (“as, like”) + àṣá (“hawk”), literally “The machine as fast as a hawk”.
Component words
ẹ̀rọmachine
aone who, that which is
3 entries are spelled “a”. The etymology calls it “one who, that which is”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
a
The first letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called á and written in the Latin script.
a
we (first-person plural personal subject pronoun)
a
him, her, it (third-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a high-tone /a/)
yárato be fastbías, likeàṣáhawk
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ẹrọ ayarabiaṣa”.
Reference:
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