ìlọsíwájú
noun
/ì.lɔ̄.sí.wá.d͡ʒú/
Definitions
- progression, progress
Etymology
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + lọsíwájú (“to progress”), ultimately from lọ (“to go”) + sí (“to”) + iwájú (“forward”), literally “to move forward”.
Component words
Wiktionary records 2 different ways of breaking this word down. Each line is one of them, not a further part.
ì-nominalizing prefixlọsíwájúto progress
lọto go
síto
4 entries are spelled “sí”. The etymology calls it “to”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
sí
to, at, toward (used when movement is implied)
sí
to be far, to be distant
sí
The name of the Latin script letter S/s.
sí
Negative form of wà
iwájúforward
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ilọsiwaju”.
Reference:
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