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Yorùbá Dictionary
ìrà noun /ì.ɾà/
Definitions
  1. something that is rotten or decayed
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 3 entries spelled “ìrà”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
ìrà noun · etym. 2 Several plants of the Euphorbiaceae or Phyllanthaceae families such as Bridelia Micrantha, traditionally used as a purgative ìrà noun · etym. 4 the act of buying, a purchase
Etymology
ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + rà (“to decay, to be rotten”)
Component words
ì-nominalizing prefixràto decay, to be rotten
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 3, where this word is spelled “ira”. Reference: en-ira-yo-noun-sjyeztul