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Yoruba
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Epiphyte_Julius_Falck.jpg/220px-Epiphyte_Julius_Falck.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + fò (“to fly; to jump”) + mọ́ (“towards”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]àfòmọ́
- (agriculture) epiphyte; air plant
- (biology, by extension) parasite
- (linguistics, by extension) affix
Hyponyms
[edit]- àfòmọ́ àárín (“infix”)
- àfòmọ́ ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ (“prefix”)
- àfòmọ́ ìparí (“suffix”)
Derived terms
[edit]proverbs