abẹya-kan-naa-lopọ
Yoruba
Etymology
From a- (“agent prefix”) + bá (“with”) + ẹ̀yà (“gender, sex”) + kan (“one”) + náà (“of a particular or previously mentioned entity”) + lòpọ̀ (“to have sex with”), literally “one who has sex with someone of the same sex”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ā.bɛ́.jà.kã̄.nã́ã̀.lò.k͡pɔ̀/
Noun
abẹ́yà-kan-náà-lòpọ̀
- gay person (for male and female people)
- Synonym: onífẹ̀ẹ́-ọkùnrin-sọ́kùnrin (used for men)
- Synonym: onífẹ̀ẹ́-obìnrin-sóbìnrin (used for women)
- Synonyms: ajákọṣebí-abo, adódìí, adókó, adófùrọ̀ (derogatory term for gay people)
Related terms
- ìbẹ́yà-kan-náà-lòpọ̀ (“homosexuality”)
- ìnífẹ̀ẹ́-ọkùnrin-sọ́kùnrin (“homosexuality”)
- ìnífẹ̀ẹ́-obìnrin-sóbìnrin (“lesbianity”)