Ifẹ̀
name
/ī.fɛ̀/
Definitions
- Ifẹ (a city in Nigeria)
- Ife Kingdom
- mythological origin place of the Yoruba people
- Ife, a subgroup of the Yoruba people, who speak the Ifẹ̀ dialect of Yoruba
- A dialect of the Yoruba language
Etymology
From Ufẹ̀. Several folk etymologies existed including i- (“nominalizing prefix”) + fẹ̀ + [Term?] (“to widen, to spread”), literally “The Land that widens”
*Possibly from i- (“nominalizing prefix”) + fẹ̀ (“to be prosperous, to be successful”), literally “Land of prosperity”
Component words
Wiktionary records 2 different ways of breaking this word down. Each line is one of them, not a further part.
i-nominalizing prefixfẹ̀
i-nominalizing prefixfẹ̀to be prosperous, to be successful
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Ifẹ”.
Reference:
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