ɔsɔin

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Krio

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Yoruba Ọ̀sanyìn (God who divines by ventreloquism).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ɔ̀sɔ́ín

  1. a deaf person whose speech is nasal

References

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  1. ^ Fyle, Clifford N., Jones, Eldred D. (1980) A Krio-English dictionary, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 278