atumọ-ede

Yoruba

Etymology

From atúmọ̀ (“one that interprets or defines utterances”) +‎ èdè (“language”), literally “one that gives the meanings of languages”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ā.tú.mɔ̃̀.è.dè/

Noun

atúmọ̀-èdè

  1. dictionary, lexicon, thesaurus
    Ẹ sí ìwé atúmọ̀-èdè yín.
    Please open up your dictionaries.
  • aṣèwé-atúmọ̀-èdè (“lexicographer”)
  • atúmọ̀-ọ̀rọ̀ (“interpreter, glossary”)
  • atúmọ̀-ọ̀rọ̀-ìperí (“glossary”)
  • atúmọ̀-ìṣẹ̀lẹ̀ (“social commentator”)
  • ìtúmọ̀ (“gloss”)
  • ìwé-atúmọ̀ gbogboo-gbòò (“encyclopedia”)

References

  • Awoyale, Yiwola (19 December 2008) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎[1], volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN
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