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Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/ò-dòdó

This Proto-Yoruboid entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Yoruboid

Etymology

Compare with Urhobo ódódó, Idoma ododo, and Igbo òdòdò, probably of ideophonic origin related to the deep/rich color of flowers, see Yoruba dòdò, also see Edo ódòdó (“scarlet; scarlet cloth”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ò.dò.dó/

Noun

*ò-dòdó

something that is brightly and richly colored
flower

Descendants

Igala: òdòdó
Yoruba: òdòdó
Ekiti Yoruba: àdòdó

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