ami ohun ẹlẹyọọrodo
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Yoruba
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From àmì ohùn (“tone mark”) + ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́rodò (“falling”).
- ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́rodò from oní- (“that which has”) + ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yọ́ (“to glide”) + rè (“to go”) + odò (“lower point”), literally “that which glides to a lower point”
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]àmì ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́rodò
See also
[edit]tone marks
- àmì ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́rodò (“falling-tone mark”)
- àmì ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ròkè (“rising-tone mark”)
- àmì ohùn àárín (“mid-tone mark”)
- àmì ohùn ìsàlẹ̀ (“low-tone mark”)
- àmì ohùn òkè (“high-tone mark”)