kawọboju-kokoro

Yoruba

Káwọ́bojú-kòkòrò labalábá

Alternative forms

• akáwọ́bojú-kòkòrò

Etymology

From ká (“fold”) +‎ ọwọ́ (“hands”) +‎ bò (“to cover”) +‎ ojú (“face”) +‎ kòkòrò (“insect”), literally “one that coils the hands to conceal or cover up the face of an insect”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ká.wɔ́.bō.d͡ʒú.kò.kò.ɾò/

Noun

káwọ́bojú-kòkòrò

1. pupa (of an insect)

References

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