ifọrọwanilẹnuwo
Yoruba
Etymology
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + fi (“to put”) + ọ̀rọ̀ (“words”) + wá (“to search”) + ẹni (“person”) + ní (“in”) + ẹnu (“mouth”) + wò (“to look”), literally "the act of using words to search someone in the mouth".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ì.fɔ̀.ɾɔ̀.wá.nĩ̄.lɛ́.nũ̄.wò/
Noun
ìfọ̀rọ̀wánilẹ́nuwò
- interview
- Synonym: ìfọ̀rọ̀wérò
Derived terms
- olùfọ̀rọ̀wánilẹ́nuwò (“interviewer”)
- ìwé ìfọ̀rọ̀wánilẹ́nuwò (“questionnaire”)