ewuro

Yoruba
Ewúro

Alternative forms
  • eríro

Pronunciation

Noun

ewúro

  1. bitter leaf (Vernonia amygdalina)
    Synonym: ẹ̀fọ́ ewúro

Derived terms
  • adùn ni ń gbẹ̀yìn ewúro (“sweetness is the aftertaste of bitter leaf”)
  • korò bí ewúro (“as bitter as bitter leaf”)

References
  1. Adeniyi, Kolawole (2020 November 24) “Lexicalisation of tonal downstep in Yoruba”, in Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue Canadienne De Linguistique, 65
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