arun abẹgẹẹja

Yoruba

Etymology

From àrùn (“disease”) +‎ a- (“agent prefix”) +‎ bá (“with”) +‎ ẹ̀gẹ́ (“cassava”) +‎ jà (“fight”), literally “The disease that fights with cassava”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /à.ɾũ̀ ā.bɛ́.ꜜɡɛ́.d͡ʒà/

Noun

àrùn abẹ́gẹ̀ẹ́jà

Bacterial blight of cassava, a bacterial disease afflicting the cassava crop