sopẹn
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Gun
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- sòkpɛ́n (Benin)
Etymology
[edit]From sò (“gun”) + pẹ́n (“rock/projectile”). Cognates include Fon sokpɛ́n
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sòpẹ́n (plural sòpẹ́n lẹ́) (Nigeria)
- bullet
- Osò àwè pó sòpẹ́n ẹnẹ̀ pó wẹ̀ mí mọ̀ tò saki àjòtọ́ lọ́ tọ̀n mẹ̀. ― It was two guns and four bullets that we saw in the bag of the thief