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Yoruba
Etymology
Probably from e- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ṣú (“to darken; to move towards something in a massive form”), literally “That which swarms; That which darkens the sky”
Pronunciation
Noun
eṣú
- (in the plural) locust
Ọlọ́mọ bí eṣú, Èyé Ògbòó káre- You the one who has children as numerous as locusts, Ògbòó my mother I greet you!