Ebibi de Ebo
From Wikipedia
Èbìbì
According to Mr. Ajibola, the old names for the months.
Èbìbì – the fifth month of the year.
Ebini: Ebenezer.
Èbìtì
(1) Snare for animals.
(2) Bi èbìtì kò pa eku, á fi eyìn fún eléyìn- If an affair for which a fee is paid is not successful, the fee is refundable: Payments depend on results.
C.M.S.
Èbìtì, n. Trap.
Èbéton
Ìbóton – The fact of one’s thighs becoming chafed on a saddle e.t.c.
Ebo
(1) (a) (i) Offering or sacrifice
made to an Òrìsà.
(ii) Èsù – In some form or another under a small shed, Èsù is found at the entrance to a house or town; the first blood of a sacrifice (ebo) is generally splashed over Èsù so that he may not prevent the Òrìsà to whom the sacrifice is made from accepting it.
(b) Ebo-Orí – offering made on one’s behelf. (c) Èbo-Agbolé – Sacrifice made on behalf on one’s family.
(d) Ebo-Igboro= Ebo àgbáàlú – Sacrifice made for the whole town
(e) Ebo-opé – (Bible) Thanks-offering.
(f) Ebo àláfíà – Peace-offering.
(g) Ebo ètùtù – Atonement offering.
(h) Ebo irapada – Sacrifice where the guilt of person is transferred to the victim sacrificed.
(j) Ebo àse - Sacrifice made to a denty to obtain his help. Ebo (cont’d)
(k) Ebo àgbéso – Offering thrown to priests by each other in order to suppress the supplicant’s enemies.
(l) Ebo ìsàmì (m) Ebo osu
(n) Ebo àbá
(o) Ebo Àrú dà = Àrú fín.
(p) (i) Òrìsà yìí gba eboòmi.
(ii) Ebo yìí dà
(q) Ebo enìkon la fi enìkon ru.
(r) Ebo le, ko ju iju lo.
(s) Ebo á fín o.
(t) Ojúbo.
(u) E don.
(v) Ebo à bá mòn ò sé
(2) (a) Ó débo
(b) Ojú ilè la se dáa.
(c) Ó débo fún mi.
(d) Adébo = Débo-débo
(3) (a) (i) Ó rúbo = O sebo
(b) A fi òÒbè àdón
(c) Ìrú ‘bo= Ìsebo
(d) lè sebo, lè soògùn: báa ti wáyé páá rí làá ri.
(e) (i) Ó pa àgùntàn rú bo = Ó fi àgùntàn sebo
(f) iparúbo.
(g) Ká fi àkàlà sebo igun.
(4) (a) Elébo.
(b) Elébolóògun.
(5) Ajebo. C.M.S.
Ebo, n. Sacrifice.
Ebo-àkóso
C.M.S
Ebo-àkóso, n. first fruits. Ebo-alafia
C.M.S
Ebo-alafia, n. peace-offering.
Ebo-ètùtù
C.M.S.
Ebo-ètùtù, n. propitiatory sacrifice, atonement.
Ebo-èse
C.M.S.
Ebo-èse, n. Sin-offering.
Ebo-fífì
C.M.S
Ebo-fífì, n. wave-offering.
Ebo –ìdámewa
C.M.S
Ebo-ìdáméwa, n. Tithe-offering.
Ebo-ìgbéso
C.M.S
Ebo-ìgbéso, n. Leave-offering.
Ebo-itasile
C.M.S
Ebo-itasile, n. libation.
Ebo-opé
C.M.S.
Ebo-opé, n. Thank-offering.
Ebo-oreàtinúwa
C.M.S
Ebo-oreàtinúwa, n. Free-will- offering.
Ebo-oresísun
C.M.S
Ebo-oresísun, Ebo-sísun, n. Burnt-offering.
Ebora
Type of Egúngún .
C.M.S
n. a strong man, one who is conspicuous, a powerful myth.
References:
Abraham, R.C. (1958), DICTIONARY OF MODERN YORUBA. London: Hodder and Stoughton.
CMS (1913), A DICTIONARY OF YORUBA LANGUAGE: PART 1, ENGLISH-YORUBA; PART 2, YORUBA-ENGLISH. Lagos, Nigeria: CMS Bookshop
Delano, I.O. (1958), ATUMO EDE YORUBA. London: Oxford University Press.