ejo

See also: ejò, ējo, ėjo, ẹjọ, ejö, and -ejo

Esperanto

Etymology

Back-formation from -ejo (“place”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈejo]
• Rhymes: -ejo
• Hyphenation: e‧jo

Noun

ejo (accusative singular ejon, plural ejoj, accusative plural ejojn)

1. a place designated for a purpose

Igala

Éjò

Alternative forms

• éjóò

Etymology

Cognate with Yoruba ejò, ultimately proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *é-jò

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /é.d͡ʒò/

Noun

éjò

1. snake

   Synonym: ẹ́ñwu-anẹ̀ (euphemistic)

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eʒó/

Adverb

ejó

1. yesterday
2. tomorrow

Derived terms

• ejobundi

Yoruba

Etymology 1

From Proto-Yoruba *e-jò, Proto-Edekiri *e-jò. Cognate with Igala éjò, ultimately proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *é-jò, compare with Doublet of òjòlá. See synonym *o-kũ̀ a-lɛ̀

Ejò (òjòlá) tó ń pamọ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.d͡ʒò/

Noun

ejò

1. snake

   Synonym: okùn ilẹ̀

Derived terms

• ejò abìrùṣoró (“boomslang”)
• ejò paramọ́lẹ̀ (“night adder”)
• ejò ọká (“gaboon viper”)
• ejò abéwérẹ́ (“Jameson's mamba”)
• ejò àgbàfúùfúù (“boa constrictor, a species of tree snake”)
• ejò-inú (“roundworm, tapeworm”)
• èjòlá (“python”)
• ejò jomijòkè
• ejò mọ́námọ́ná (“ball python”)
• ejò ṣèbé (“cobra”)
• ejò ọwun (“black-necked spitting cobra”)

Etymology 2

è- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ jó (“to burn”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /è.d͡ʒó/

Noun

èjó

1. rubble, burnt ash
2. bacon, meat that has been cooked to almost burnt