tolotolo

Nupe
Tòlótòló gúni

Etymology

From Hausa tàlotàlo, possible cognates include Igala òtòótólo, Igbo toro toro, Yoruba tòlótòló, Itsekiri tolotolo, and Edo etolotolo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tò.ló.tò.ló/

Noun

tòlótòló (plural tòlótòlózhì)

  1. turkey

Yoruba
Tòlótòló kan ní Ítálì.

Etymology

From Hausa tàlotàlo,[1][2] possible cognates include Igala òtòótólo, Igbo toro toro, Nupe tòlótòló, Itsekiri tolotolo, and Edo etolotolo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tò.ló.tò.ló/

Noun

tòlótòló

  1. turkey

References
  1. Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN
  2. Skinner, Neil (1996) Hausa Comparative Dictionary (in German), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, page 337
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