ẹga

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Yoruba

Ẹ̀gà

Etymology

Cognate with Nupe ègwa, Igala ìga, Urhobo ọriọka, Edo akha, and Idoma àga. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *V̀-ga. Blench (2007) proposed a tentative reconstruction to Proto-Niger-Congo *-ga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̀.ɡà/, /ɛ̀.ɡā/

Noun

ẹ̀gà or ẹ̀ga

  1. Village weaver
    Synonym: ẹyẹ ẹ̀gà
    ẹni tí kò gbọ́ tẹnu ẹ̀gà l'ó ní ẹ̀gà ń pàtótówhoever does not understand the chirping of the weaver-birds will say they are babbling (proverb against misjudgement)

References

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