àlépa
noun
/à.lé.k͡pā/
Definitions
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monitor lizard
Similar wordsPossibly similar wordsawọ̀nnoun Wiktionary points at “awọ̀n”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “awọ́n”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “awọ̀n” may be a word nobody has written up yet. awọ́n tongue awọ́n something or someone that is expensive àwọn Precedes a noun to mark it as plural. àwọn they (emphatic third-person plural personal pronoun) àwọ̀n net
Etymology
Possibly from à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + lé (“to chase”) + pa (“to kill”), literally “That which we chase to kill”
Component words
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “alepa”.
Reference:
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