owo ẹyọ

Yoruba
owó ẹyọ méje

Alternative forms
  • owó-ẹyọ
  • ẹyọ-owó
  • ẹyọwó

Etymology

From owó (“cowry, coin”) +‎ ẹyọ (“one unit”), literally “One cowry, One coin”, compare with Igala ẹ́yọ́-ọkọ́

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ō.wó ɛ̄.jɔ̄/

Noun

owó ẹyọ

  1. cowries, as a form of currency
  2. coins, loose change

Derived terms
  • ètò ẹyọ-owó (“coinage”)
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