afomọ

Yoruba

Àfòmọ́ tó ń hù lórí ẹ̀ka igi.

Etymology

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ fò (“to fly; to jump”) +‎ mọ́ (“towards”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /à.fò.mɔ̃́/

Noun

àfòmọ́

(agriculture) epiphyte; air plant
1. mistletoe
(biology, by extension) parasite
(linguistics, by extension) affix

Hyponyms

àfòmọ́ àárín (“infix”)
àfòmọ́ ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ (“prefix”)
àfòmọ́ ìparí (“suffix”)

Derived terms

proverbs

àfòmọ́ ò légbò, gbogbo igi níí bá tan
àfòmọ́ ń ṣe ara ẹ̀, ó lóun ń ṣe igi

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