ẹbi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ebi"

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̄.bí/

Noun

ẹbí

  1. family
  2. relative, next of kin
    Synonyms: ìbátan, ọmọre
    àìlówó ni ẹbí kò sí, bí a bá di olówó tán, tajá-tẹran níí di ẹbí ẹni ― it is when one does not have money that there are no relatives, when one becomes wealthy, everybody becomes one's relatives (proverb against parasitic relatives)
Derived terms
  • aṣọ-ẹbi
  • ẹbí atọpasẹ̀-ìyá (“matrilineal family”)
  • ẹbí lọ́kọláya (“conjugal family”)
  • ẹbíi baba-ńlá (“patriarchal family”)
  • ẹbíi tòbí-tọmọ (“nuclear family”)
  • ẹlẹ́bí
  • àwòrán-ìpẹ̀ka-ẹbí (“family tree”)

Etymology 2

From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bi (“to do evil, to reap a reward for being evil”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̀.bī/

Noun

ẹ̀bi

  1. blame, fault, guilty verdict
    wọ́n dá a ní ẹ̀bi ― They granted her a guilty verdict
Derived terms
  • ajẹ̀bi (“guilty person”)
  • aláìlẹ́ẹ̀bi (“someone who is innocent”)
  • ẹlẹ́ẹ̀bi (“someone who is guilty”)
  • àìjẹ̀bi (“vindication”)
  • ìdájọ́ ẹ̀bi-ikú (“death sentence”)

Etymology 3

From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bí (“to give birth”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̀.bí/

Noun

ẹ̀bí

  1. the act of childbirth, the act of giving birth
Derived terms
  • agbẹ̀bí (“midwife”)
  • ilé ìgbẹ̀bí (“maternity clinic”)
  • iṣẹ́ ìgbẹ̀bí (“midwifery”)
  • ìgbẹ̀bí (“childbirth”)
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