jẹdi-jẹdi

Yoruba

Etymology

From Reduplication of jẹ̀dí (“to eat or consume the butt”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛ̀.dí.d͡ʒɛ̀.dí/

Noun

jẹ̀dí-jẹ̀dí

1. a term used to for symptoms associated with pain or irritation of the anus, especially in children
   1. dysentery
   2. piles, hemorrhoids
   3. threadworm
2. the plant Cyanthillium cinereum, among the herbs used for treating jẹ̀dí-jẹ̀dí

   Synonym: ewé jẹ̀dí-jẹ̀dí