atannigbọnnini

Yoruba

Atannigbọ́nnini

Etymology

From the phrase, a- +‎ tan +‎ ẹni +‎ gbọ́n +‎ enini, literally “Someone who engages in tricking a person into going through the early morning wet grass by the wayside”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.tã̄.nĩ̄.ɡ͡bɔ̃́.nĩ̄.nĩ̄/

Noun

atannigbọ́nnini

1. Northern red bishop

   Synonym: ìròsín

References

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