ẹdọ
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "edo"
Yoruba[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Cognate with Igala ẹ̀dọ̀ (“torso, chest, heart”), proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-dɔ̀ (“chest, heart”). The form semantically shifted from heart/chest to liver in Yoruba, but maintains the chest meaning in some dialects like Ekiti. However, compounds like ẹ̀dọ̀fùfù (“impulsiveness, irritability”), still show remnants of that original meaning
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ẹ̀dọ̀
Derived terms[edit]
- ẹ̀dọ̀fóró (“lung”)
- ẹ̀dọ̀fùfù (“impulsiveness”)
- ẹ̀dọ̀ki (“liver”)
- àrùn mẹ́dọ̀wú (“hepatitis”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ẹ̀dọ̀
- Adenia cissampeloides, a species of passionflower
Derived terms[edit]
- ẹ̀dọ̀ ejò (“a plant of the genus Cissus”)
- ẹ̀dọ̀ ọgbọ́ (“a plant in the genus Canthium”)
- ẹ̀dọ̀ àgbọ̀nrín (“a plant of the genus Dioscorea”)