iorubá

See also: ioruba

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• yoruba, yorubá, ioruba

Etymology

From Yoruba Yorùbá.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.o.ɾuˈba/ [ɪ.o.ɾuˈba], /jo.ɾuˈba/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /jɔ.ɾuˈba/ [jɔ.ɾuˈβa]

• Hyphenation: i‧o‧ru‧bá

Noun

iorubá m (uncountable)

1. Yoruba (a Niger-Congo language spoken in western Africa)

   Synonym: yorubano

Further reading

• “iorubá”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026