ẹ̀rọ ìbánisọ̀rọ̀
noun
/ɛ̀.ɾɔ̄ ì.bá.nĩ̄.sɔ̀.ɾɔ̀/
Definitions
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telephone
Similar wordsfóònùnoun agogonoun 4 entries are spelled “agogo”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. agogo bell, gong àgógó bird beak àgògo a type of hairstyle worn by priestesses of the orisha; (in particular) worn by ọlọ́ṣun, ọlọ́ya, ìyálórìṣà and oníyemọja priestesses aago clock, watch
Etymology
From ẹ̀rọ (“machine”) + ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + bá (“with”) + ẹni (“person”) + sọ̀rọ̀ (“to talk”), literally “communication machine”.
Component words
ẹ̀rọmachineì-nominalizing prefixbáwith
ẹniperson
2 entries are spelled “ẹni”. The etymology calls it “person”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
ẹni
person, one
ẹni
our (first-person plural possessive pronoun)
sọ̀rọ̀to talk
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.
aogonoun
“aogo” lists “ẹ̀rọ ìbániṣọ̀rọ̀” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring underdots. It may be a misspelling, or “ẹ̀rọ ìbániṣọ̀rọ̀” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
aogo
alternative form of agogo (“clock, bell”)
alternative form of aago (“phone”)
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ẹrọ ibanisọrọ”.
Reference:
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