eéwo
noun
/ēé.wō/
oówo (alternative), oío (alternative), orío (alternative), oghígho (alternative)
Definitions
- boil, blister
Etymology
Contraction of ewíwo. The existence of o- and e- prefixes is a remnant of an ancient Volta-Congo noun-class system, and both forms likely existed in the Proto-languages. See Ede Nago oówo, Olukumi ẹ́ghíghó, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *e-ɣíɣo, *o-ɣíɣo, ultimately from Proto-Edekiri *e-ɣíɣo, *o-ɣíɣo. Possibly equivalent to e- (nominalizing prefix) + wíwo.
Component words
e-
wíwo
3 entries are spelled “wíwo”, and the etymology doesn't say which one this word is built from — we've linked to the first.
wówo
alternative form of wúwo (“to be heavy”)
wówó
the edible fungi Psathyrella atroumbonata
wúwo
to be heavy
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “eewo”.
Reference:
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