ext_36914 ([identity profile] daev.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith 2011-08-08 09:34 am (UTC)

Some useful nouns in Yoruba, a language of West Africa:

a-gbóti-kèkè-mà-gbe-ìyàwó, he who spends his resources entertaining people with alcoholic drinks without anything in particular to celebrate.

a-dà-ni-dúró-d'onígbèsè, he who stops you with idle talk until a creditor catches up with you.

akídìndìnrin tíí mó'jú òru ògànjó, a nitwit who makes faces at people at the darkest hour of the night.

ojú kò'nkò konko, sharp and protruding eyeballs.

a-mú-ni-t'òkèlè-bo'mú, he who causes another person so much confusion that he pushes a morsel of food into his nostrils instead of his mouth.

(source: Joe McNally via Ansible)

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