ejo

See also: ejò, ējo, ėjo, ẹjọ, ejö, and -ejo

Esperanto

Etymology

Back-formation from -ejo (“place”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈejo/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ejo
Hyphenation: e‧jo

Noun

ejo (accusative singular ejon, plural ejoj, accusative plural ejojn)

a place designated for a purpose

Igala

Alternative forms

éjóò

Etymology

Cognate with Yoruba ejò, ultimately proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *é-jò

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /é.d͡ʒò/

Noun

éjò

snake
Synonym: ẹ́ñwu-anẹ̀ (euphemistic)

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eʒó/

Adverb

ejó

Derived terms

ejobundi

Yoruba

Etymology 1

From Proto-Yoruba *e-jò, Proto-Edekiri *e-jò. Cognate with Igala éjò, ultimately proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *é-jò, compare with Doublet of òjòlá. See synonym *o-kũ̀ a-lɛ̀

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ē.d͡ʒò/

Noun

ejò

snake
Synonym: okùn ilẹ̀

Derived terms

ejò abéwérẹ́ (“Jameson's mamba”)
ejò abìrùṣoró (“boomslang”)
ejò jomijòkè
ejò mọ́námọ́ná (“ball python”)
ejò ọká (“gaboon viper”)
ejò ọwun (“black-necked spitting cobra”)
ejò paramọ́lẹ̀ (“night adder”)
ejò ṣèbé (“cobra”)
ejò àgbàfúùfúù (“boa constrictor, a species of tree snake”)
ejò-inú (“roundworm, tapeworm”)
èjòlá (“python”)

Etymology 2

è- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ jó (“to burn”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /è.d͡ʒó/

Noun

èjó

rubble, burnt ash
bacon, meat that has been cooked to almost burnt