ẹfịnfịn

Yoruba

Etymology

Compare with Olukumi ífẹ́nfẹ́n. Maintenance of a cognate with Olukumi could suggest evidence of a strong affinity between what was likely Proto-Ekiti speakers and Proto-Olukumi speakers, and perhaps descended from the same branch of Proto-Yoruba speakers. Also possibly Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.fɪ̃̄.fɪ̃̄/

Noun

ẹfịnfịn

(Ekiti) mosquito
Synonyms: yànmùyánmú, ẹ̀fọn

Related terms

ẹmị́rị́n (“gnat”)