ọrọ-ayalo
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Yoruba[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ọ̀rọ̀ (“word”) + àyálò (“borrowed”).
- àyálò from à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yá (“to borrow”) + lò (“to use”), literally “that which is borrowed for use”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ọ̀rọ̀-àyálò
- loanword
- "Àdúrà" ni àpẹẹrẹ ọ̀rọ̀-àyálò lédè Yorùbá ― "Àdúrà" is an example of a loanword in Yorùbá
Hyponyms[edit]
- ọ̀rọ̀-àfetíyá (“ear-loan”)
- ọ̀rọ̀-àfojúyá (“eye-loan”)