aríwó
noun
/ā.ɾí.wó/
aio (alternative), ario (alternative), aruwo (alternative), aiwo (alternative), aiyo (alternative)
Definitions
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any plant of species Monodora myristica (African nutmeg or calabash nutmeg)
Similar wordsabo-lákọ̀ṣẹabo-ìlákọ̀ṣẹ
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the fruit and seed of the calabash nutmeg; used as a spice
Similar wordsabo-lákọ̀ṣẹabo-ìlákọ̀ṣẹ
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African nutmeg spice
Similar wordsabo-lákọ̀ṣẹabo-ìlákọ̀ṣẹ
Etymology
Possibly from a- (“agent prefix”) + rí (“to see”) + wó (“to crush”), literally “One we see and crush”
Component words
a-agent prefixríto see
wóto crush
2 entries are spelled “wó”. The etymology calls it “to crush”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
óo
to be heavy
wúwo
to be heavy
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 2,
where this word is spelled “ariwo”.
Reference:
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