agutan

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Itsekiri

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Àgútàn

Etymology

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Cognate with Ifè àgùɖã̀, Igala àgwùtọ̀, Olukumi àgùntàn, and Yoruba àgùtàn. Compare Igbo atụlū and Edo óhuán.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /à.ɡú.tã̀/

Noun

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àgútàn

  1. sheep

Yoruba

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Àgùtàn

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Cognate with Ifè àgùɖã̀, Igala àgwùtọ̀, Itsekiri àgútàn, Olukumi àgùntàn. Compare Igbo atụlū and possibly Edo óhuán. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *à-gʊ̀tã̀, from Proto-Edekiri *à-gʊ̀tã̀, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *à-gʷʊ̀tã̀

Pronunciation

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Noun

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àgùtàn

  1. sheep
    ọ̀dọ́ àgùtànlamb
    abo àgùtànewe

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Lucumí: agutá

References

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  • Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0[1], volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN