légbélègbé
noun
/lé.ɡ͡bé.lè.ɡ͡bé/
légbéǹlègbé (alternative), légbé-lègbé (alternative)
Definitions
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tadpole
orí ni légbélègbé fi ń mòkùnkùn lálẹ̀ odò It is head that the tadpole uses to dive to the bottom the riverRelated wordsPossibly related wordskọ̀nkọ̀species of toad/frog Wiktionary points at “kọ̀nkọ̀”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “kọ̀ǹkọ̀”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “kọ̀nkọ̀” may be a word nobody has written up yet. kọ̀ǹkọ̀ a species of large frog
Etymology
Probably ideophonic in origin
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “legbelegbe”.
Reference:
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