ariwo
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Yoruba
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From a- (“agent prefix”) + riwo (“of much loud contrastive noise among a crowd (ideophone)”), proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *a-riwo
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ariwo
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Monodora_myristica-Jardin_botanique_Meise_%282%29.jpg/220px-Monodora_myristica-Jardin_botanique_Meise_%282%29.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Monodora_myristica_seeds.png/220px-Monodora_myristica_seeds.png)
Possibly from a- (“agent prefix”) + rí (“to see”) + wó (“to crush”), literally “One we see and crush”
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aríwó
- the plant Monodora myristica, known as the African nutmeg or calabash nutmeg
- Synonyms: abo-lákọ̀ṣẹ, abo-ìlákọ̀ṣẹ
- the fruit and seed of the calabash nutmeg; used as a spice
- Synonyms: abo-lákọ̀ṣẹ, abo-ìlákọ̀ṣẹ
- African nutmeg spice
- Synonyms: abo-lákọ̀ṣẹ, abo-ìlákọ̀ṣẹ