ile awoṣifila
Yoruba
Etymology
ilé (“house,building”) + a (“nominalizing prefix”) + wò (“to look”) + ṣí (“to open, to fall off”) + fìlà (“hat”), Literally, "The building that which, when we look up to see it, our hat falls off."
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ī.lé à.wò.ʃí.fì.là/
Noun
ilé àwòṣífìlà
- skyscraper, high-rise