igi iwe
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Yoruba
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Noun
Yoruba
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Etymology
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From
igi
(
“
tree; wood
”
)
+
ìwé
(
“
book
”
)
, literally
“
tree of books
”
.
Pronunciation
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IPA
(
key
)
:
/ī.ɡī ì.wé/
Noun
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igi ìwé
(
figurative
,
colloquial
)
bookworm
;
avid
reader;
serious
student
Synonym:
ìwé ọgbà
Antonym:
èso òdo
igi ìwé
, èso òdo
―
always studying
, yet always failing
(literally, “
tree of books, fruit of zero
”)
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:
Yoruba compound terms
Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation
Yoruba lemmas
Yoruba nouns
Yoruba multiword terms
Yoruba colloquialisms
Yoruba terms with collocations
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yo:Education
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