pẹtẹpẹtẹ
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Yoruba[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Reduplication of pẹtẹ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Ideophone[edit]
pẹtẹpẹtẹ
Usage notes[edit]
- The mid-tone in this word suggests the ideophone is describing a noise that is neither high or low, but average or in the middle
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Ideophone[edit]
pẹtẹpẹ́tẹ́
Usage notes[edit]
- The mid tone and high tone in this word suggests the ideophone is describing a noise that is mid pitched and high pitched
Etymology 3[edit]
From Reduplication of pẹ̀tẹ̀.
Pronunciation[edit]
Ideophone[edit]
pẹ̀tẹ̀pẹ̀tẹ̀
Usage notes[edit]
- The use of low-tone in this word suggests that the noise being described is deep and low
Etymology 4[edit]
Noun sense derives from ideophone sense, ultimately from pẹ̀tẹ̀ + pẹ́tẹ̀
Pronunciation[edit]
Ideophone[edit]
pẹ̀tẹ̀pẹ́tẹ̀
Noun[edit]
pẹ̀tẹ̀pẹ́tẹ̀
- mud
- Synonyms: pọ̀tọ̀pọ́tọ̀, ẹrẹ̀, ẹrọ̀fọ̀