anikangbiju

Yoruba

Etymology

From a- (“agent prefix”) +‎ ni (“to be”) +‎ ọ̀kàn (“only one”) +‎ gbà (“to take, to occupy”) +‎ ijù (“forest, jungle, wilderness”), literally “The one who solely dominates the forest”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ā.nĩ̀.kã̀.ɡ͡bī.d͡ʒù/

Noun

anìkàngbijù

(idiomatic) the plant Hoslundia opposita

References

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