ẹ̀rọ asọ̀rọ̀mágbèsì
noun
/ɛ̀.ɾɔ̄ ā.sɔ̀.ɾɔ̀.má.ɡ͡bè.sì/
Definitions
- radio (receiver)
Etymology
From ẹ̀rọ (“machine”) + a (“one who”) + sọ̀rọ̀ (“to talk”) + má (“do not”) + gbà (“to receive”) + èsì (“response”), literally “Machine that talks but does not receive a respond”.
Component words
ẹ̀rọmachine
aone who
3 entries are spelled “a”. The etymology calls it “one who”, 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/)
sọ̀rọ̀to talkmádo notgbàto receiveèsìresponse
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ẹrọ asọrọmagbesi”.
Reference:
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