ẹpọ́n
noun
/ɛ̄.k͡pɔ̃́/ /ɛ̄.k͡pɔ̃̀/
ipọ́n (alternative), ẹpàn (alternative)
Definitions
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blood
ẹpọ́n ń ṣàn lẹgbẹ lójú ọgbẹ́ Blood was gushing out profusely from the woundSimilar words
- something that is the color red
Dialect
Etymology
From ẹ- (“nominalizing prefix”) + pọ́n (“to be deeply red”).
Component words
ẹ-nominalizing prefixpọ́nto be deeply red
Used in
òwú ẹlẹ́pọ̀n-ọ́n
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.
dark red color, in comparison to the color of sorghum
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “ẹpọn”.
Reference:
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