Where does “ẹlẹnu iru” come from?

ẹlẹnu iru (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba ẹnu — mouth.

ẹlẹnu iru (Yoruba): someone with bad breath, stench mouthed person

Definitions

  1. someone with bad breath, stench mouthed person

Ancestry of “ẹlẹnu iru”, step by step

ẹlẹnu iru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba ẹnu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaẹnumouth

via Yoruba irú

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubairútype, kind, sort
Every word from Yoruba ẹnu
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