ifun-ọnị

Yoruba

Etymology

From ìfun (“intestines”) +‎ ọ̀nị̀ (“crocodile”), literally “crocodile intestines”, from the fact that Ekiti people believed the undershirt resembled the intestines of a crocodile

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ì.fũ̄.ɔ̀.nɪ̃̀/

Noun

ìfun-ọ̀nị̀

(Ekiti, obsolete) singlet, undershirt [20th century]