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Yorùbá Dictionary
ìbí noun /ì.bí/
Definitions
  1. birth
  2. ancestry
Etymology
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + bí (“to give birth to”)
Component words
ì-nominalizing prefixbíto give birth to
Used in
Ìbídàpọ̀ÌbídùnnameÌbídùnmóyènameÌbíjowóìbílẹ̀nounọjọ́-ìbínoun
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 4, where this word is spelled “ibi”. Reference: en-ibi-yo-noun-96GGEfQu