apọn

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Yoruba

Etymology 1

Cognates include Nupe èkpán

Pronunciation

Noun

àpọ́n

  1. bachelor

Etymology 2

Àpọ́n

From à- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ pọ́n (to be red)

Pronunciation

Noun

àpọ́n

  1. Grey-headed kingfisher, Halcyon leucocephala
    Synonym: ẹyẹ àpọ́n

References

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