legbelegbe

Yoruba

Alternative forms
  • légbéǹlègbé, légbé-lègbé

Etymology

Probably ideophonic in origin

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lé.ɡ͡bé.lè.ɡ͡bé/

Noun

légbélègbé

  1. tadpole
    orí ni légbélègbé fi ń mòkùnkùn lálẹ̀ odò
    It is head that the tadpole uses to dive to the bottom the river
    (literally, “The head is what the tadpole uses to know the darkness at the bottom of the river”)
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