eewo

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• oówo
• oío, orío (Ekiti)
• oghígho (Ondo, Ikale)

Etymology

From 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ēé.wō/

Noun

eéwo

1. boil, blister

Related terms

• ọyún (“pus”)
• egbò (“sore, wound”)
• ojiju, ojuju (“sore”)