kawọboju-kokoro

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Yoruba

Káwọ́bojú-kòkòrò labalábá

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (fold) +‎ ọwọ́ (hands) +‎ (to cover) +‎ ojú (face) +‎ kòkòrò (insect), literally one that coils the hands to conceal or cover up the face of an insect.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ká.wɔ́.bō.d͡ʒú.kò.kò.ɾò/

Noun

káwọ́bojú-kòkòrò

  1. pupa (of an insect)

References

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