ijapa
Yoruba
Ìjàpá kan
Etymology
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jàpá (“the motion of one moving awkwardly”, ideophone), literally “That which moves around awkwardly”.
Pronounciation
- IPA(key): /ì.d͡ʒà.k͡pá/
Noun
ìjàpá
- tortoise, turtle
See also
- ẹwìrì (“sea turtle”)