onigbameji

Yoruba

Etymology

From oní- (“owner of”) +‎ igbá (“calabash”) +‎ méjì (“two”), literally “Bearer of two calabashes”

  • The picture painted by this term is of someone holding a calabash to contain vomit and another for stool; the two symptoms of cholera. [1]

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ō.nĩ́.ɡ͡bá.mé.d͡ʒì/

Noun

onígbáméjì

  1. cholera
    Synonyms: kọ́lẹ́rà, àrùn onígbáméjì

References
  1. Yusuff, Ayo (2010) Yoruba Language Engineering: A Lexical Morphology Perspective, →ISBN
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