igba

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔiɡˈba/ [ʔɪɡˈba]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ig‧ba

igbá (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜄ᜔ᜊ)

1. a form of superstitious act by avoiding things that have bad omens

   Synonyms: pamahiin, pangatahuan

2. (dialectal, Quezon) traditional ritual for planting crops, especially rice used by farmers in the southern Tagalog region (to be assured of a bountiful harvest)
3. (dialectal, Quezon) ritual; ceremony (especially indigenous ones)

   Synonyms: ritwal, seremonya

   Sa pamamagitan ng igba ng tagayan, mainit ang naging pagtanggap sa atin.

   Through the ritual of drinking (lambanog), we were warmly welcomed.

• tayaba

• “igba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1971) A Lexicographic Study of Tayabas Tagalog of Quezon Province, Quezon City: Diliman Review, page 165
• Valencia, Armida (2015) “igba”, in Igba as a Traditional Ritual, Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation

• ibag, giba, gab-i, gabi, biga

From Proto-Yoruboid *ʊ́-gbá, cognate with Igbo ụgbā.

• ugbá (Èkìtì)

• IPA^(key): /ī.ɡ͡bá/

igbá

1. calabash (Lagenaria siceraria)

From a distinct root unlike most related languages, possibly a late innovation, from i- +‎ gba, but see Nupe gba (“two thousand”)

• IPA^(key): /ī.ɡ͡bā/

igba

1. two hundred

Since this number does not have a m-based form, similar to other multiples of ten afterwards, if it's describing a total number of items, it comes before the noun.

1. Igba dọ́là ni. – It's two hundred dollars

However, if it is describing an ordinal sequence, it comes after the noun.

1. Ọmọ igba l'ó jẹ́. – She's the two hundredth child.

• IPA^(key): /ī.ɡ͡bà/

igbà

1. A type of rope used for climbing

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɡ͡bá/

ìgbá

1. bitter tomato, Solanum aethiopicum; garden egg, eggplant

• ìgbáyẹ̀kẹ̀tẹ̀ (“cassava”)

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɡ͡bá/

ìgbá

1. African locust bean (Parkia biglobosa)

Cognate with Edo igba

• ụ̀gbẹ̀, ị̀gbị̀, ùgbà, ị̀gbẹ̀ (Ekiti)

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɡ͡bà/

ìgbà

1. time, occasion, season

   Synonyms: àsìkò, àkókò, sáà, sànmọ́nì, ọ̀tẹ̀