kawọboju-kokoro
Yoruba
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Káwọ́bojú-kòkòrò labalábá
Alternative forms
- akáwọ́bojú-kòkòrò
Etymology
From ká (“fold”) + ọwọ́ (“hands”) + bò (“to cover”) + ojú (“face”) + kòkòrò (“insect”), literally “one that coils the hands to conceal or cover up the face of an insect”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ká.wɔ́.bō.d͡ʒú.kò.kò.ɾò/
Noun
káwọ́bojú-kòkòrò
- pupa (of an insect)
References
- Awoyale, Yiwola (December 19, 2008) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, issue LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, DOI:, →ISBN