dòdò
noun
/dò.dò/
Definitions
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being deeply or richly red
rẹ̀ dòdò To turn or become a deep redAra wọn rẹ̀ dòdò bíi ẹ̀jẹ̀. Their body turned dark red like blood.Àwọn Yorùbá kì í wọ aṣọ tó bá rẹ̀ dòdò. The Yoruba do not wear bright red clothes.Ó rẹ̀ dòdò bí òòrùn alẹ́. It turned deep red like the late evening sun.Ó já sí pápá, ó rẹ̀ dòdò, ó so igba àdó mọ́rí. It bursts into the open field, it comes out in deep red, it ties two hundred tiny gourds on its head (riddle = imí/ìgbẹ́ (feces))Ìlẹ̀pa dòdò kì í jẹ́ kí òkú bẹ̀nìyàn wò. The deep red laterite from fresh grave does not allow the dead to come and visit his relations.12: Ojú rẹ̀ yóò rẹ̀ dòdò ju wáìnì lọ. 12: His eyes will become redder than wine.
Other entries with this spelling
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Etymology
Noun sense derives from the ideophone sense.
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “dodo”.
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