Ìjẹ̀bú
name
/ì.d͡ʒɛ̀.bú/
Definitions
- Ijebu people, a subgroup of Yoruba people who speak the Ìjẹ̀bú spoken variety in the Ede-Yoruba-Itsekiri continuum.
- A spoken variety closely related to that of the Yoruba language
Etymology
ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jẹ (“to rove, to swim”) + ní (“in”) + ubú (“ocean, deep sea”), literally “The ones who swim in the deep sea”
Component words
Used in
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Ijẹbu”.
Reference:
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