eewo

Yoruba

Alternative forms

  • oówo
  • oío, orío (Ekiti)
  • oghígho (Ondo, Ikale)

Etymology

From Contraction of ewíwo. The existence of o- and e- prefixes is a remnant of an ancient Volta-Congo noun-class system, and both forms likely existed in the Proto-languages. See Ede Nago oówo, Olukumi ẹ́ghíghó, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *e-ɣíɣo, *o-ɣíɣo, ultimately from Proto-Edekiri *e-ɣíɣo, *o-ɣíɣo. Possibly equivalent to e- (nominalizing prefix) + wíwo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ēé.wō/

Noun

eéwo

  1. boil, blister
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