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Yoruba
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Hunt_bridle_head.jpg/220px-Hunt_bridle_head.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + já + ẹnu (“mouth”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ìjánu
- (equestrianism) bridle
- harness (rope for tying down animals)
- (by extension) brake
- Synonyms: bíréèkì, ìjánu ọkọ̀
Derived terms
[edit]- kó ara ní ìjánu (“to restrain”)
- tú ìjánu (“to remove a bridle”)
- tẹ ìjánu (“to operate brake”)
- orúkọ ọmọ ni ìjánu ọmọ (“a child's name is their bridle”)