ẹlẹdẹ

Yoruba

Ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ ọ̀sìn (Sus domesticus)

Alternative forms

lẹ́dẹ̀ (Ondo)

Etymology

From oní- (“one who has”) +‎ ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ dẹ̀ (“to be soft”), literally “one who has soft (meat or skin)”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.lɛ́.dɛ̀/

Noun

ẹlẹ́dẹ̀

pig, swine
Synonym: òdo
(offensive) dirty person
Synonym: ọ̀bùn

Derived terms

abo ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ (“sow”)
ẹlẹ́dẹ̀-igbó (“warthog, boar”)
ẹlẹ́dẹ̀-odò (“red river hog”)
ẹlẹ́lẹ́dẹ̀ (“pig farmer”)
ọgbà ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ (“piggery”)
ọmọ-ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ (“piglet”)
àfọ̀ ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ (“pigsty”)
àgbẹ̀ ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ (“pig farmer”)

Related terms

esì (“red river hog”)
ìmàdò (“warthog”)

Descendants

→ Hausa: àladḕ

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