ejo

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See also: ejò, ējo, ėjo, ẹjọ, ejö, and -ejo

Esperanto

Etymology

Back-formation from -ejo (“place”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈejo/
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  • Rhymes: -ejo
  • Hyphenation: e‧jo

Noun

ejo (accusative singular ejon, plural ejoj, accusative plural ejojn)

  1. a place designated for a purpose

Igala

Éjò

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Yoruba ejò, ultimately proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *é-jò

Pronunciation

Noun

éjò

  1. snake
    Synonym: ẹ́ñwu-anẹ̀ (euphemistic)

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA(key): /eʒó/

Adverb

ejó

  1. yesterday
  2. tomorrow

Derived terms

Yoruba

Etymology 1

From Proto-Yoruba *e-jò, Proto-Edekiri *e-jò. Cognate with Igala éjò, ultimately proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *é-jò, compare with Doublet of òjòlá. See synonym *o-kũ̀ a-lɛ̀

Ejò (òjòlá) tó ń pamọ

Pronunciation

Noun

ejò

  1. snake
    Synonym: okùn ilẹ̀
Derived terms

Etymology 2

è- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ jó (“to burn”)

Pronunciation

Noun

èjó

  1. rubble, burnt ash
  2. bacon, meat that has been cooked to almost burnt
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