apọn

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Cognates include Nupe èkpán

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /à.k͡pɔ̃́/

Noun

àpọ́n

  1. bachelor

Etymology 2
Àpọ́n

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ pọ́n (“to be red”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /à.k͡pɔ̃́/

Noun

àpọ́n

  1. Grey-headed kingfisher, Halcyon leucocephala
    Synonym: ẹyẹ àpọ́n

References
  • Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN
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