ẹpọn

Yoruba

Alternative forms
  • ẹpàn (Ìlàjẹ)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̄.k͡pɔ̃̀/

Noun

ẹpọ̀n

  1. scrotum, testes
    ẹpọ̀n àgbò ń ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, kò níí já ― The testes of a ram can only swing, they will not tear or snap off (proverb on survival against many odds)

Derived terms
  • aago ẹlẹ́pọ̀n (“pendulum clock”)
  • ẹlẹ́pọ̀n-kan (“a nickname for a strong individual”)
  • kórópọ̀n (“testicle”)

Etymology 1

From ẹ- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ pọ́n (“to be deeply red”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̄.k͡pɔ̃́/

Noun

ẹpọ́n

  1. blood
    Synonym: ẹ̀jẹ̀
    ẹpọ́n ń ṣàn lẹgbẹ lójú ọgbẹ́ ― Blood was gushing out profusely from the wound
  2. something that is the color red
Derived terms
  • òwú ẹlẹ́pọ̀n-ọ́n (“red species of cotton”)

Etymology 2

From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ pọ́n (“to modify”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̀.k͡pɔ̃́/

Noun

ẹ̀pọ́n

  1. (grammar) modifier
Derived terms
  • ẹ̀pọ́n-ọn kókóogbólóhùn (“predicate modifier”)
  • ẹ̀pọ́nrúkọ (“noun modifier”)
  • ẹ̀pọ́nṣe (“verb modifier”)
  • ọ̀rọ̀-ẹ̀pọ́n (“word modifier”)
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