owiwi

Krio

Etymology

From Yoruba òwìwí (“owl”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ò.wì.wí/

Noun

òwìwí

barn owl

References

^ Fyle, Clifford N.; Jones, Eldred D. (1980), A Krio-English dictionary, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 269

Yoruba

Alternative forms

ògwìgwí

Etymology

Possibly from ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ wìwí (“ideophone likely representing silent flight or feathers of the owl”). Compare with Igala ògwùgwù, Igbo ikwikwii, Ebira ogugu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ò.wì.wí/

Noun

òwìwí

owl, specifically the Western barn owl

Descendants

→ Krio: owiwi

[1] Fyle, Clifford N.; Jones, Eldred D. (1980), A Krio-English dictionary, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 269

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