òwìwí
noun
/ò.wì.wí/
ògwìgwí (alternative)
Definitions
- owl, specifically the Western barn owl
Etymology
Possibly from ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + wìwí (“ideophone likely representing silent flight or feathers of the owl”). Compare with Igala ògwùgwù, Igbo ikwikwii, Ebira ogugu
Component words
ò-nominalizing prefixwìwíideophone likely representing silent flight or feathers of the owl
Listed as a similar word by
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the one who points; pointer; Greyish eagle-owl
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
owiwiKrio
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “owiwi”.
Reference:
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