ekolo

Yoruba
Ekòló

Alternative forms
  • kòló (Èkìtì)
  • ikòló (Eastern Àkókó)

Etymology

From e- (“agent prefix”) +‎ kòló (“an ideophone that represents a twisting motion”), literally “The one that makes twisting motions in the ground”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ē.kò.ló/

Noun

ekòló

  1. earthworm
    békòló bá júbà ilẹ̀, ilẹ̀ á lanu fún un ― If an earthworm pays homage to mother earth, she will open up the burrows for it

(proverb on strategy)

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