ẹdọ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "edo"

Yoruba

Alternative forms

ẹ̀dọ̀ki

Etymology 1

Cognate with Igala ẹ̀dọ̀ (“torso, chest, heart”), proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-dɔ̀ (“chest, heart”). The form semantically shifted from heart/chest to liver in Yoruba, but maintains the chest meaning in some dialects like Ekiti. However, compounds like ẹ̀dọ̀fùfù (“impulsiveness, irritability”), still show remnants of that original meaning

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.dɔ̀/

Noun

ẹ̀dọ̀

liver, lung
(Ekiti) chest
Synonym: àyà

Derived terms

ẹ̀dọ̀fóró (“lung”)
ẹ̀dọ̀fùfù (“impulsiveness”)
ẹ̀dọ̀ki (“liver”)
àrùn mẹ́dọ̀wú (“hepatitis”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.dɔ̀/

Noun

ẹ̀dọ̀

Adenia cissampeloides, a species of passionflower

Derived terms

ẹ̀dọ̀ ejò (“a plant of the genus Cissus”)
ẹ̀dọ̀ ọgbọ́ (“a plant in the genus Canthium”)
ẹ̀dọ̀ àgbọ̀nrín (“a plant of the genus Dioscorea”)

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