igbin

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɡ͡bĩ̀/

Noun

ìgbìn

1. (music) upright open-ended log drums with single leather heads fastened and tuned by wooden pegs, sacred to the orisha Ọbàtálá, it is a subfamily of the gbẹ̀du family of drums.

Hypernyms

• gbẹ̀du (“gbedu drums”)
• àgbélẹ̀lù (“grounded drums”)
• ìlù (“percussion, drums”)

 

Hyponyms

• aféré
• jagba
• kẹ̀kẹ̀
• ìyá ìgbìn

 

Derived terms

• Onígbìndé (“A Yoruba name meaning, "the igbin drummer has arrived."”)

Etymology 2

Ìgbín

Ìgbín aláta pẹ̀lú ẹyin sísè àti ẹja àrọ̀.

From Proto-Yoruboid *ʊ̀-gbɪ̃́, cognate with Igala ìgbí, Idoma ìgbí, Olukumi ugbẹ́n, Ifè ɔ̀gbɛ̃́, Fon agbĭn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɡ͡bĩ́/

Noun

ìgbín

1. snail

Synonyms

Yoruba varieties (snail)

Language Family	Variety Group	Variety	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìjẹ̀bú	ògbín
		Ìkálẹ̀	-
		Ìlàjẹ	ìgbẹ́n
		Oǹdó	ùgbẹ́n
		Ọ̀wọ̀	ùgbẹ́n
		Usẹn	-
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	ụ̀gbị́n
		Ifẹ̀	ùgbín
		Ìgbómìnà	-
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà	ùgbín
		Western Àkókó	-
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì	-
		Ẹ̀gbá	-
		Ìbàdàn	ìgbín
		Òǹkò	-
		Ọ̀yọ́	ìgbín
		Standard Yorùbá	ìgbín
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìbùnú	-
		Ìjùmú	-
		Ìyàgbà	-
		Owé	igbìn, ugbìn
		Ọ̀wọ̀rọ̀	-

Hyponyms

species of snail

• kùnrùngbíngbín
• ìpere