ẹ̀gúsí
noun
/ɛ̀.ɡú.sí/
ẹ̀gúnsí (alternative), ègúsí (alternative)
Definitions
- The name of two species of melon; Cucumeropsis Mannii
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The name of two species of melon; watermelon
Similar wordsbàrà olómiedènoun
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egusi (The seeds of the egusi melon used to make soup)
Similar words
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the soup made from the egusi seeds
Similar words
Etymology
Possibly from ẹ̀gún (“thorn”) + esí (“melon, pumpkin”), literally “Thorns of the melon”?
Component words
ẹ̀gúnthornesímelon, pumpkin
Used in
ẹlẹ́gùúsíòròró ẹ̀gúsí
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.
egusiEnglishgoussiFonàgushīHausaègwusiIgboègusiIgbo
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ẹgusi”.
Reference:
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