ibo
Translingual
Symbol
ibo
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Igbo terms
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈiː.boː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.bo]
Verb
ībō
- first-person singular future active indicative of eō
References
- “ibo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Tiruray
Noun
ibo
Yoruba
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ì.bò/
Noun
ìbò
- vote, ballot, election
- (Yoruba religion) a device used in a form of cleromancy done in divination. This device consists of cowries, bones, and other objects as a way to get the solution to a specific problem.
Derived terms
- adìbò (“electorate”)
- ajábọ̀ bíbáyọrí-ìbò (“incumbent politician running for reelection”)
- aṣàkóso-ìbò (“election official”)
- díbò (“to vote”)
- olùdìbò (“voter”)
- oníbò (“voter”)
- àpótí ìbò (“ballot box”)
- àtúntò-òfin ajẹmọ́bò (“electoral reform”)
- ìbò àtúndì (“runoff election”)
- ìbò ààrẹ (“presidential election”)
- ìgbìmọ̀ adìbò (“electoral college”)
- ìlànà ìbò (“electoral system”)
- ìpolówó-ìbò (“election campaign”)
- ìwé ìbò (“ballot paper”)
- ìwé-ìhónú ajẹmọ́bò (“election petition”)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ì.bó/
Noun
ìbó
- The name for several plants of the family Apocynaceae that are known for their sour taste. They include Landolphia dulcis, Ancylobotrys scandens (from the genus Ancylobothrys), Saba comorensis, species, and Saba thompsonii.
- ẹmu náàá kan bí ìbó ― the palm wine was as sour as the ìbó plant
- (euphemistic) death
- ọmọ́ lọ ká ìbó ― The child is dead (literally, “The child went and picked the ìbó plant”)
References
- Awoyale, Yiwola (19 December 2008) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0[1], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, , →ISBN