aṣegbefabo

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Yoruba

Ìfìhónúhàn aṣègbèfábo ní Zaragoza, Sípéènì l'ọ́dún 2018.

Etymology

From a- (agent prefix) +‎ ṣe (do) +‎ ègbè (strong support) +‎ fún (for) +‎ abo (female), literally One who shows strong support for the female gender.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ā.ʃè.ɡ͡bè.fá.bō/

Noun

aṣègbèfábo

  1. feminist

References

  • Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN
  • Ayo Yusuff (2018) “English Loans in Yorùbá language: Linguistic Empowerment or Disenfranchisement?”, in Journal of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria (JOLAN) Supplement III on Language Documentation and Description in Nigeria: Problems and Prospects, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria: The Linguistic Association of Nigeria, →ISSN, page 242