Ebora de Eda

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Ebora de Eda

Ebora

Type of Egúngún .

C.M.S

n. a strong man, one who is conspicuous, a powerful myth.

Ebu

(1) Place where palm-oil (epo) is extracted. Place where pottery is made. Place where dyeing is done.

(2) Elébu:-

(a) Owner of an ebu.

(b) Oke elébu

(3) Ekù.

C.M.S.

n. a place where pots etc. are burnt, pottery.

Ebùn

(a) A gift.

(b) Ó bùn mi léèbùn.

(c) Fun mi léèbùn o-ń-je.

(d) Female and male name.

C.M.S.

n.gift.

Èbùrú

(1) shortcut.

Èbùrú ni mo féé gbà lo.

Ó gba èbùrú wolé.

(2) Ó gba ònòn èbùrú mún mi.

Èburú

C.M.S.

Èburú, adj. Short, Clandestine.

   Èburubú     
 C.M.S.

Èburubú, adv. Suddenly unexpectedly.

Èdá

(1) (a) Any living creature.

(b) Èdá ń lù lù ìbàjé: Olórun Oba kò ní jé kó dún; tó bá sì dún, omonwon náà ni yíóò jóo.

(c) ààbò ni ako èdá jé fún abo.

(d) Aláàsehòn èdá.

(2) Èdá= Iwa èdá= èdá rere lo lórun dá wa.

(3) Olórun se èdáàmi.

(4) Eléèdá.

C.M.S

n. creature, creation.

n. nature, inclination.

Edá

= Eku edá

(1) Brown bush-rat

(2) Edá lará oko; je

C.M.S

n. a rat remarkable for fast breeding.

Èdà

A Leucorrhoea.

B. (1) Magically converting money into double its amount.

   (2)  O dèdà.

(3) Adèdà = Eléèdà.

(c) (1) Èdà ìwé.

(2) Ó so èdà òròomi fún o.

C.M.S.

n. leucorrhea, coining money by magic means.

Èdá-ewéko

C.M.S.

Èdá-ewéko, n. vegatable kingdom.

Èdá-Elémi

C.M.S.

Èdá-elémi, n. animal kingdom.

Èda-ìwé

C.M.S.

Èda-ìwé,n. copy of a letter etc.

Èdákeda

C.M.S

Èdákeda, n. any kind of creature.

Edan

C.M.S.

Èdo-òro, n. pun, irony.

Eda-Òro

C.M.S.

Èda-òro, n. pun, irony


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.