alaamu

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Àláàmù onídíjíìtì

Borrowed from English alarm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.láà.mũ̀/

Noun

àláàmù

1. alarm clock

   Synonym: wọnranran

   Synonym: ìdágìrì

Etymology 2

Aláàmù

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.láà.mũ̀/

Noun

aláàmù

1. lizard, gecko

   Synonyms: aláǹgbá, olódòǹgboro

   • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎^[1], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:

     Gbogbo aláàmù l'ó danú délẹ̀, a kò mọ èyí tí inú ń run.

     All lizards lie down on their bellies, we do not know whose bellies ache (proverb on personal sorrow).