adinumasọrọ
Yoruba
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Adinumásọ̀rọ̀
Etymology
From a (“agent prefix”) + dì (“to close, to block”) + ẹnu (“mouth”) + máà (“do not”) + sọ̀rọ̀ (“to talk”), literally “one who shuts their mouth and does not talk”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ā.dī.nũ̄.má.sɔ̀.ɾɔ̀/
Noun
adinumásọ̀rọ̀
- (literally) one who stays quiet and doesn't talk
- (idiomatic) the plant Clerodendrum japonicum