ẹbi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ebi"

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ebí (Èkìtì)

Etymology 1

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

• èbi (Èkìtì)

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

• èbí (Èkìtì)

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”)