aṣẹ́wó
noun
/ā.ʃɛ́.wó/
Definitions
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prostitute, hoe, slut
Similar wordselébòlò
Etymology
From a- (“agent prefix”) + ṣẹ́ (“to be broken”) + owó (“money”).
Component words
Listed as a similar word by
These words list this one in their own definitions. This word does not list them back, so Wiktionary records the link in one direction only.
The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
prostitute, adulterer
prostitute
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
ashawoNigerian PidginashewoNigerian Pidgin
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “aṣẹwo”.
Reference:
en-aṣẹwo-yo-noun-lgBNlVtS