owiwi
Yoruba
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Òwìwí
Etymology
Possibly from ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + wìwí (“ideophone likely representing silent flight or feathers of the owl”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ò.wì.wí/
Noun
òwìwí
- owl, specifically the Western barn owl