alaamu

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Yoruba

Etymology 1

Àláàmù onídíjíìtì

Borrowed from English alarm.

Pronunciation

Noun

àláàmù

  1. alarm clock
    Synonym: wọnranran
    Synonym: ìdágìrì

Etymology 2

Aláàmù

Pronunciation

Noun

aláàmù

  1. lizard, gecko
    Synonyms: aláǹgbá, olódòǹgboro
    • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:
      Gbogbo aláàmù l'ó danú délẹ̀, a kò mọ èyí tí inú ń run.
      All lizards lie down on their bellies, we do not know whose bellies ache (proverb on personal sorrow).