ẹpọn
Yoruba
Alternative forms
- ẹpàn (Ìlàjẹ)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̄.k͡pɔ̃̀/
Noun
ẹpọ̀n
- scrotum, testes
- ẹpọ̀n àgbò ń ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, kò níí já ― The testes of a ram can only swing, they will not tear or snap off(proverb on survival against many odds)
Derived terms
- aago ẹlẹ́pọ̀n (“pendulum clock”)
- ẹlẹ́pọ̀n-kan (“a nickname for a strong individual”)
- kórópọ̀n (“testicle”)
Etymology 2
From ẹ- (“nominalizing prefix”) + pọ́n (“to be deeply red”)
Alternative forms
- ipọ́n
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̄.k͡pɔ̃́/
Noun
ẹpọ́n
- blood
- Synonym: ẹ̀jẹ̀
- ẹpọ́n ń ṣàn lẹgbẹ lójú ọgbẹ́ ― Blood was gushing out profusely from the wound
- something that is the color red
Derived terms
- òwú ẹlẹ́pọ̀n-ọ́n (“red species of cotton”)
Etymology 3
From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + pọ́n (“to modify”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̀.k͡pɔ̃́/
Noun
ẹ̀pọ́n
- (grammar) modifier
Derived terms
- ẹ̀pọ́n-ọn kókóogbólóhùn (“predicate modifier”)
- ẹ̀pọ́nrúkọ (“noun modifier”)
- ẹ̀pọ́nṣe (“verb modifier”)
- ọ̀rọ̀-ẹ̀pọ́n (“word modifier”)