owo ẹyọ
Yoruba
owó ẹyọ méje
Alternative forms
- owó-ẹyọ
- ẹyọ-owó
- ẹyọwó
Etymology
From owó (“cowry, coin”) + ẹyọ (“one unit”), literally “One cowry, One coin”, compare with Igala ẹ́yọ́-ọkọ́
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ō.wó ɛ̄.jɔ̄/
Noun
owó ẹyọ
- cowries, as a form of currency
- coins, loose change
Derived terms
- ètò ẹyọ-owó (“coinage”)