Ìwàrẹ
name
/ì.wà.ɾɛ̄/
Ị̀àrẹ (alternative), Ụ̀àrẹ (alternative), Ùwàrẹ (alternative), Èghàrẹ (alternative), Èwàrẹ (alternative)
Definitions
- the highest class of chiefs in a Yoruba town, the first six makeup a council known as the Ìwàrẹ̀fà
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “Ìwàrẹ”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Etymology
From ìwà + rẹ, cognate with Edo Igharẹ, see cognates in other Yoruba-dialects, Ị̀àrẹ, Èghàrẹ, Ùwàrẹ, perhaps from the same root as ààrẹ (“leader, president”)
Component words
ìwà
2 entries are spelled “ìwà”, and the etymology doesn't say which one this word is built from — we've linked to the first.
ìwà
character, behavior
ìwà
skimmer
rẹ
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Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Iwarẹ”.
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