apola

Northern Sotho

Etymology

Borrowed from English apple.

Noun

apola

  1. apple

Yoruba

Etymology

The sense "phrase" was coined by Yoruba Metalanguage (Èdè-ìperí Yorùbá)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /à.k͡pó.là/

Noun

àpólà

  1. (originally) wood splinter
  2. (linguistics, by extension) phrase [from 1984]

References
  • Ẹgbẹ́-Onímọ̀-Èdè-Yorùbá (Yoruba Studies Association of Nigeria) (1984) Ayọ Bamgboṣe, editor, Yoruba Metalanguage (Èdè-ìperí Yorùbá): A Glossary of English-Yoruba Technical Terms in Language, Literature, and Methodology, volume 1, Nigeria Educational Research Council
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