awọ́n
noun
/ā.wɔ̃́/
Definitions
- something or someone that is expensive
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “awọ́n”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Etymology
a- (“agent-creating prefix”) + wọ́n (“to be expensive”)
Component words
aagent-creating prefix
3 entries are spelled “a”. The etymology calls it “agent-creating prefix”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
a
The first letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called á and written in the Latin script.
a
we (first-person plural personal subject pronoun)
a
him, her, it (third-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a high-tone /a/)
wọ́nto be expensive
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 2,
where this word is spelled “awọn”.
Reference:
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