udẹn

Yoruba

Etymology

Cognate with Èkìtì Yoruba ùdín, Edo údẹ́n (“palm oil ointment”), Yoruba àdín, Igala ìdí, Igbo ùde (“ointment, palm oil ointment”), Nupe èdín (“palm kernel oil”), Nupe èdĩ, and possibly related to Edo ẹdi (“nut, palm nut”), Urhobo edi, with a much deeper etymology, it is proposed to be derived from a Proto-Niger-Congo root, see Usaghade útén (“oil palm”), Ibibio adan (“oil”), and Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀téndé

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ù.dɛ̃́/

Noun

ùdẹ́n

1. (Ijebu) palm kernel oil

Related terms

• epo (“palm oil”)
• àsẹ̀njó (“dregs of freshly boiled palm oil”) (Ijebu)
• epùpú (“palm oil lamp made of mud”) (Ijebu)