ìjẹgún
noun
/ì.d͡ʒɛ̄.ɡṹ/
Definitions
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eggplant, garden egg; (in particular) Solanum aethiopicum
Similar wordsìgbánoun 2 entries are spelled “ìgbá”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. ìgbá bitter tomato, Solanum aethiopicum; garden egg, eggplant ìgbá African locust bean (Parkia biglobosa)Possibly similar wordsikànnoun Wiktionary points at “ikàn”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “ikán”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “ikàn” may be a word nobody has written up yet. ikán termite ọ̀kan one
Etymology
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jẹ (“to eat”) + gún.
Component words
ì-nominalizing prefixjẹto eat
gún
4 entries are spelled “gún”, and the etymology doesn't say which one this word is built from — we've linked to the first.
gún
to pound
gún
to pierce; to jab; to penetrate; to stab
gún
to be straight; to straighten
gún
to curse
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ijẹgun”.
Reference:
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