karịgbị

Yoruba

Alternative forms

  • kàrùgbì
  • kàrùgbà

Etymology

From kàrí (“where; interrogative marker”) +‎ ìgbì (“time”). Mainly used by those of the Akure subdialect of Yoruba, where other Ekiti speakers may use ùgbẹ̀ sí

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kà.rɪ̀.ɡ͡bɪ̀/

Pronoun

kàrị̀gbị̀

  1. (interrogative, Ekiti) when
    Synonyms: ùgbẹ̀ sí, ùgbà wo
    kàrìgbì kúwọ á dé líbi kúwe rè é
    When will be you be back from the place you went?
  • lìgbì (“when (conjunction)”); lùgbì
  • lùgbẹ̀ (“back then”)
  • lùgbà (“when (conjunction)”)
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