àmì ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ròkè
noun
/à.mĩ̀ ō.hũ̀ ɛ̄.lɛ́.ꜜjɔ́.ɾò.kè/
Definitions
- rising-tone mark ( ˇ ), which is no longer used in Yoruba orthography
Etymology
From àmì ohùn (“tone mark”) + ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ròkè (“rising”).
* ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ròkè from oní- (“that which has”) + ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yọ́ (“to glide”) + rè (“to go”) + òkè (“top”), literally “that which glides to the top”
Component words
Wiktionary records 2 different ways of breaking this word down. Each line is one of them, not a further part.
àmì ohùntone markẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ròkèrising
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ami ohun ẹlẹyọọroke”.
Reference:
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