ibi-iṣẹ

Yoruba

Etymology

Compound of ibi (“place”) +‎ iṣẹ́ (“work”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ī.bīī.ʃɛ́/

Noun

ibi-iṣẹ́

  1. workplace
    A máa ń lọ s'íbi-iṣẹ́ l'áago méje ààbọ̀ l'ọ́jọ́ Ajé. ― We (usually) go to work at 7:30 on Mondays.
  2. institute

Derived terms

  • ibi-iṣẹ́ abánimójútó (“ajency”)
  • ibi-iṣẹ́ ajẹ́lẹ̀ (“consulate”)
  • ibi-iṣẹ́ aṣekòkárí-owó (“clearing house”)
  • ibi-iṣẹ́ bọ́sà (“bursary”)
  • ibi-iṣẹ́ fún ohun-àmúlò (“resource center”)
  • ibi-iṣẹ́ rẹ́jísírà (“registry”)
  • ibi-iṣẹ́ tiwan̄tiwa (“closed shop”)
  • ibi-iṣẹ́ ìfìwéránṣẹ́ (“postal station”)
  • ibi-iṣẹ́ ìṣe-nǹkanjádé (“factory”)
  • ibi-iṣẹ́ òwò-ìṣẹ̀dá (“industry”)
  • ibi-iṣẹ́-ìjọba (“government office”)
  • ibi-iṣẹ́-ìròyìn (“press office”)
  • ìwé-ìléwọ́ ibi-iṣẹ́ (“prospectus”)

References

  • Awoyale, Yiwola (19 December 2008) “ibi-iṣẹ́”, in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎[1], volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN
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