ẹla
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Yoruba
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Cognate with Olukumi ẹlá, probably from ẹ- (“nominalizing prefix”) + lá (“to be big”). It is unknown if its related to the similar forms ẹran (“meat, cow”), ẹlịlá (“cow”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ẹlá
Etymology 2
[edit]ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + là (“to split, to divide”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ẹ̀là
Derived terms
[edit]- ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe ẹlẹ́là (“splitting verb”)
Etymology 3
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ẹ̀là
- (Ọyọ) the plant Calyptrochilum christyanum
Etymology 4
[edit]ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + là (“to dilute”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ẹ̀là