Where does “ipẹyarun” come from?

ipẹyarun (Yoruba) comes from Proto-Bantu ì- — Class 5 noun prefix.

ipẹyarun (Yoruba): genocide, ethnic cleansing

Definitions

  1. genocide, ethnic cleansing

Ancestry of “ipẹyarun”, step by step

ipẹyarun traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Bantu ì-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix

via Yoruba run

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubarunto smell; to stink

via Yoruba ẹ̀yà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaẹ̀yà
Every word from Proto-Bantu ì-
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