ẹgusi

See also: egusi

Yoruba

Ẹ̀gúsí (1) púpọ̀ tí wọ́n gbé tà

Ẹ̀gúsí (2) tí wọ́n ò tí i yọ èèpò wọ́n

Ẹ̀gúsí (3) pẹ̀lú ẹran àti pọ̀nmọ́

Alternative forms

• ẹ̀gúnsí
• ègúsí

Etymology

Possibly from ẹ̀gún (“thorn”) +‎ esí (“melon, pumpkin”), literally “Thorns of the melon”?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.ɡú.sí/

Noun

ẹ̀gúsí

1. The name of two species of melon
   1. Cucumeropsis Mannii
   2. watermelon

      Synonyms: bàrà olómi, edè

2. egusi (The seeds of the egusi melon used to make soup)

   Synonym: edè

3. the soup made from the egusi seeds

   Synonyms: ọbẹ̀ ẹ̀gúsí, edè, ọbẹ̀ edè

Derived terms

• ẹlẹ́gùúsí (“someone who sells egusi, a melon farmer”)
• òròró ẹ̀gúsí (“melon oil”)

 

Descendants

• → English: egusi
• → Fon: goussi
• → Hausa: àgushī
• → Igbo: ègwusi, ègusi