ẹfịnfịn

Yoruba

Etymology

Compare with Olukumi ífẹ́nfẹ́n. Maintenance of a cognate with Olukumi could suggest evidence of a strong affinity between what was likely Proto-Ekiti speakers and Proto-Olukumi speakers, and perhaps descended from the same branch of Proto-Yoruba speakers. Also possibly Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̄.fɪ̃̄.fɪ̃̄/

Noun

ẹfịnfịn

  1. (Ekiti) mosquito
    Synonyms: yànmùyánmú, ẹ̀fọn
  • ẹmị́rị́n (“gnat”)
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