ẹga

Yoruba
Ẹ̀gà

Etymology

Cognate with Nupe ègwa, Igala ìga, Urhobo ọriọka, Edo akha, and Idoma àga. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *V̀-ga. Blench (2007) proposed a tentative reconstruction to Proto-Niger-Congo *-ga.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̀.ɡà/, /ɛ̀.ɡā/

Noun

ẹ̀gà or ẹ̀ga

  1. Village weaver
    Synonym: ẹyẹ ẹ̀gà
    ẹni tí kò gbọ́ tẹnu ẹ̀gà l'ó ní ẹ̀gà ń pàtótó ― whoever does not understand the chirping of the weaver-birds will say they are babbling (proverb against misjudgement)

References
  • Awoyale, Yiwola (December 19, 2008) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, issue LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN
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