patẹwọ
Yoruba
Àwọn ènìyàn nínú ìjọ tó ń pàtẹ́wọ́
Alternative forms
- پَتعَِووَْ
Etymology
From pa (“to rub, to put together”) + àtẹ́ (“that which is flat”) + ọwọ́ (“hand”), literally “To clap the flat part of the hands together”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pà.tɛ́.wɔ́/
Verb
pàtẹ́wọ́
- to clap, to applaud
- Synonym: ṣápẹ́
- Ẹ kúuṣẹ́, pàtẹ́wọ́ fún ara yín! ― Well done, clap for yourselves!
Derived terms
- ìpàtẹ́wọ́ (“applause”)