agutan

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Itsekiri

Àgútàn

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /à.ɡú.tã̀/

Noun

àgútàn

  1. sheep

Yoruba

Àgùtàn

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

àgùtàn

  1. sheep
    ọ̀dọ́ àgùtànlamb
    abo àgùtànewe

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Lucumí: agutá

References

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