abolounjẹku
Yoruba
Etymology
From a- (“agent prefix”) + bá (“to accompany”) + olóúnjẹ (“food owner; food seller”) + kú (“to die”), literally “one who is forever with the food vendor”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ā.bó.ló.ṹ.d͡ʒɛ̄.kú/
Noun
abólóúnjẹkú
- (sometimes derogatory) glutton (one who eats voraciously)
- Synonyms: wọ̀bìà, oníjẹkújẹ