ifọ̀
noun
/ī.fɔ̀/
Definitions
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speech
Used inẹ̀yà ara ifọ̀
Etymology
From i- (“nominalizing prefix”) + fọ̀ (“to speak”).
Component words
i-nominalizing prefix
fọ̀to speak
3 entries are spelled “fọ̀”. The etymology calls it “to speak”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
fọ̀
to say
fọ̀
to wash
fọ̀
to rush out
Possibly derived from
Each of these pages lists a word as built from it, spelled a little differently from this one — a different tone mark, or an underdot this word doesn't have.
Tone and underdots are what tell two Yorùbá words apart, so we can't say whether the other page meant this word and mistyped it, or meant a word that has no page here yet.
Writing that word up on Wiktionary settles it. How to help.
fọ́verb
“fọ́” lists “ìfọ́” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring tone marks. It may be a misspelling, or “ìfọ́” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
fọ́
to break (a vessel)
fọ́
to liquefy (something)
fọ́
to slap, to hit (with a vessel)
fọ́
to shout loudly
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.
speech, utterance
speech, tongue
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ifọ”.
Reference:
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