abuubutan

Yoruba

Etymology

à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bù (“to dip out”) +‎ àì- (“negating prefix”) +‎ bù (“to dip out”) +‎ tán (“to finish”), literally “scooping out without finish”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /à.bùù.bù.tã́/

Noun

àbùùbùtán

inexhaustibility; endlessness
whale
Synonym: ẹja agbárùrù

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