ewédú
noun
/ē.wé.dú/
Definitions
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Jute mallow, the Corchorus olitorius plant
Similar wordsọọ́yọ́eyíyọ́òògoèègoẹyọ-gàbeewédú-gànbePossibly similar wordseéyọ́noun Wiktionary points at “eéyọ́”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “ẹ̀ẹ̀yọ̀”, which matches once underdots are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “eéyọ́” may be a word nobody has written up yet. ẹ̀ẹ̀yọ̀ smoke
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A soup made from the cooked leaves of the ewédú plant. When mixed with gbẹ̀gìrì soup it is known as àbùlà
Similar wordsọbẹ̀ ewédú
Etymology
From ewé (“leaf”) + dú (“to be dark”).
Component words
Derived from
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.
eweduEnglish
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ewedu”.
Reference:
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