apola

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Northern Sotho[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English apple.

Noun[edit]

apola

  1. apple

Yoruba[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The sense "phrase" was coined by Yoruba Metalanguage (Èdè-ìperí Yorùbá)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

àpólà

  1. (originally) wood splinter
  2. (linguistics, by extension) phrase [from 1984]

References[edit]

  • Ẹgbẹ́-Onímọ̀-Èdè-Yorùbá (Yoruba Studies Association of Nigeria) (1984) Ayọ Bamgboṣe, editor, Yoruba Metalanguage (Èdè-ìperí Yorùbá): A Glossary of English-Yoruba Technical Terms in Language, Literature, and Methodology, volume 1, Nigeria Educational Research Council
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