iwaju

Yoruba

Etymology

From iwá (“front”) +‎ ojú (“face”)[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ī.wá.d͡ʒú/

Noun

iwájú

  1. front

Derived terms
  • níwájú (“in front”)
  • síwájú (“forwards”)
  • ṣáájú

References
  1. Ogunwale, Joshua Abiodun (2005), “Problems of Lexical Decomposition: The Case of Yoruba Complex Verbs”, in Nordic Journal of African Studies 14‎
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