ẹlẹdẹ

Yoruba

Ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ ọ̀sìn (Sus domesticus)

Alternative forms

• lẹ́dẹ̀ (Ondo)

Etymology

From oní- (“one who has”) +‎ ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ dẹ̀ (“to be soft”), literally “one who has soft (meat or skin)”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.lɛ́.dɛ̀/

Noun

ẹlẹ́dẹ̀

1. pig, swine

   Synonym: òdo

2. (offensive) dirty person

   Synonym: ọ̀bùn

Derived terms

• abo ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ (“sow”)
• ẹlẹ́dẹ̀-igbó (“warthog, boar”)
• ẹlẹ́dẹ̀-odò (“red river hog”)
• ẹlẹ́lẹ́dẹ̀ (“pig farmer”)
• ọgbà ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ (“piggery”)
• ọmọ-ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ (“piglet”)
• àfọ̀ ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ (“pigsty”)
• àgbẹ̀ ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ (“pig farmer”)

 

Related terms

• esì (“red river hog”)
• ìmàdò (“warthog”)

Descendants

• → Hausa: àladḕ