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