ìṣẹ̀ǹbáyé
noun
/ì.ʃɛ̀.ŋ̀.bá.jé/
ìsẹ̀ǹbáyé (alternative), ìṣẹ̀ǹbáláyé (alternative), ìṣẹ̀nm̀báláyé (alternative), ìṣẹ̀m̀báyé (alternative)
Definitions
- ancient tradition, prehistory
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “ìṣẹ̀ǹbáyé”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Etymology
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ṣe (“to do, to practice”) + ẹni (“person”) + ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + bá (“meet”) + ayé (“life”), literally “The practices that already exist when a person is born”.
Component words
ì-nominalizing prefixṣeto do, to practice
ẹniperson
2 entries are spelled “ẹni”. The etymology calls it “person”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
ẹni
person, one
ẹni
our (first-person plural possessive pronoun)
ì-nominalizing prefixbámeetayélife
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “iṣẹnbaye”.
Reference:
en-iṣẹnbaye-yo-noun-RIsmmae~