atumọ-ede

Yoruba

Etymology

Atúmọ̀-èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì

From atúmọ̀ (“one that interprets or defines utterances”) +‎ èdè (“language”), literally “one that gives the meanings of languages”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.tú.mɔ̃̀.è.dè/

Noun

atúmọ̀-èdè

1. dictionary, lexicon, thesaurus

   Ẹ sí ìwé atúmọ̀-èdè yín.

   Please open up your dictionaries.

Related terms

• aṣèwé-atúmọ̀-èdè (“lexicographer”)
• atúmọ̀-ọ̀rọ̀ (“interpreter, glossary”)
• atúmọ̀-ọ̀rọ̀-ìperí (“glossary”)
• atúmọ̀-ìṣẹ̀lẹ̀ (“social commentator”)
• ìtúmọ̀ (“gloss”)
• ìwé-atúmọ̀ gbogboo-gbòò (“encyclopedia”)

 

References

• Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎^[1], volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN