fanimọ́ra
adj
/fā.nī.mɔ́.ɾā/
Definitions
- attractive, likeable, inviting
Etymology
From fa (“pull”) + ẹni (“person”) + mọ́ (“towards”) + ara (“body, self”)
Component words
fapull
ẹniperson
2 entries are spelled “ẹni”. The etymology calls it “person”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
ẹni
person, one
ẹni
our (first-person plural possessive pronoun)
mọ́towardsarabody, self
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.
fanimorousEnglish
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “fanimọra”.
Reference:
en-fanimọra-yo-adj-~lO2WRkE