igbẹ
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Yoruba[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ìgbẹ́
- bush, forest
- Synonym: igbó
- game hunting
- wrong direction
- gbogbo wọ́n ń foríbọ̀gbẹ́ ― They were going in the wrong direction
Derived terms[edit]
- ẹran ìgbẹ́ (“bushmeat”)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Possibly from Etymology 1 as a euphemistic meaning since the bush was where defecation often occurred.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ìgbẹ́
Derived terms[edit]
- ilé-ìgbẹ́ (“toilet, latrine”)
- yàgbẹ́ (“to defecate”)
- ìgbẹ́ gbuuru (“diarrhea”)
- ìgbẹ́ ọ̀rìn (“dysentery”)