apọn

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Cognates include Nupe èkpán

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.k͡pɔ̃́/

Noun

àpọ́n

1. bachelor

Etymology 2

Àpọ́n

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ pọ́n (“to be red”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.k͡pɔ̃́/

Noun

àpọ́n

1. Grey-headed kingfisher, Halcyon leucocephala

   Synonym: ẹyẹ àpọ́n

References

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