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 ùgbẹ́n, Ifè ɔ̀gbɛ̃́, Fon agbĭn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɡ͡bĩ́/

Noun

ìgbín

1. snail

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ìgbín (“snail”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Eastern Àkókó	Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó	ùgbẹ́n
		Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	ògbín
			Ìkòròdú	ògbín
			Ṣágámù	ògbín
			Ẹ̀pẹ́	ògbín
		Ìlàjẹ	Mahin	ìgbẹ́n
		Oǹdó	Oǹdó	ùgbẹ́n
		Ọ̀wọ̀	Ọ̀wọ̀	ùgbẹ́n
		Usẹn	Usẹn	ùgbẹ́n
	Olùkùmi		Ugbódù	ùgbẹ́n
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ụ̀gbị́n
			Àkúrẹ́	ụ̀gbị́n
			Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	ụ̀gbị́n
		Ifẹ̀	Ilé Ifẹ̀	ùgbín
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà	Iléṣà	ùgbín
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì	Èbúté Mẹ́tà	ìgbín
		Èkó	Èkó	ìgbín
		Ìbàdàn	Ìbàdàn	ìgbín
		Ìlọrin	Ìlọrin	ìgbín
		Ọ̀yọ́	Ọ̀yọ́	ìgbín
		Standard Yorùbá	Nàìjíríà	ìgbín
			Bɛ̀nɛ̀	ìgbín
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Owé	Kabba	igbìn, ugbìn
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ifɛ̀	Akpáré	ɔ̀gbɛ̃́
			Atakpamé	ɔ̀gbɛ̃́
			Tchetti	ɔ̀gbɛ̃́

Hyponyms

species of snail

• kùnrùngbíngbín
• ìpere