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iyùn

[ī.jũ̀]

noun

LanguageYoruba (Nigeria)

Meaning
  1. red coral beads, primarily used as jewelry (ìlẹ̀kẹ̀) for royalty, nobility, and priests
  2. ruby
  3. red coral beads
  4. Valuable red stones or beads often worn by royalty and religious leaders as signs of status.
Examples

Ọba wọ iyun lọ́rùn.

The king wears red coral beads around his neck.

Pronunciationī.jũ̀

Part of speechnoun

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.