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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
Noun
ẹfịnfịn
- (Ekiti) mosquito
- Synonyms: yànmùyánmú, ẹ̀fọn