Ebado de Ebi
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Èbádò de Ebi
C.M.S.
Èbádò, n. riverside.
Èbá-iná
Èbá-iná, Èbána, n. fireside.
Èbá- òkun
C.M.S
Èbá-òkun, n. seaside.
Èbá-ònà
C.M.S.
Èbá-ònà, Èbánà, n. wayside, roadside.
Èbáti
C.M.S.
Èbáti, n. temple.
Èbè
C.M.S.
Èbè, n. entreaty, supplication, petition, request, prayer.
Èbe
C.M.S
Èbe, n. Slice (as of yam, etc. ) Pottage.
Èlebá
C.M.S.
Èbebá, n. sides of anything, margin.
Èbekébè
C.M.S
Èbekébè., n. petition of anykind.
Èbí
(1) (a) Ó gbèbí obìnrin yìí :- She
acted as mid-wife to this woman.
(b) Gbèbí fún ayaàmi:- Act as accounche to my wife.
(2) Àgbèbí:- Midwife
(3) Ìgbèbí :- Midwifery .
Èbi
(1) Guilt.
(a) Èbi m be lórùnre = wà ló rùnre:- You are guilty.
(b)(i) Ó dá mi léèbi = O déèbi fún mi :- He found me guilty: He convicted me: He gave a civil verdict against me.
(ii) Ó dá mi léèbi Olèe jíjà :- He adjuged me guilty of theft.
(iii) Ó dá mi léèbi ikú = Ó déèbi ikú fún mi :- He sentenced me to death.
(iv) Dájó: Àre.
(v) Ìdá léèbi – Unfavourable
verdict: passing sentence: Finding person guilty.
(c) (i) Ó jèbi – He is guity.
Èbi (cont’d)
(ii) Èbi too je sí Olórun – The sin which you committed against God.
(iii) Ìjèbi – Being found guilty; loosing a suit.
(d) Ó mún mi fun èbi àìsòtító – He accused me of untruthfulness.
(e)(1) Mòn léèbi – Eléjó kò mon ejó orè léèbi.
(2) Eléèbi = Ajèbi: Guilty Person; Loser of suit.
(3) Àìléèbi :- Innocence.
(4) Aláìléèbi:
(a) Innocent person;
(b) Innocence.
Èbi
C.M.S.
Èbi, n. Wrong, guilt,
Ebí
= Ìbí sí
(1) Blood-relation.
= Omore = Iba ton = Ìyekon.
(2) Ará:- Anon: Kó = A fara kóraawa:- We are related to one another.
Èbí (cont’d)
(3) kò si ebí :- Àìlówó lówó ebí kò sí; báa bá lówó, tajá teran ní í máa kí ni ní Bàbá – One is loved for what one has, not for what is
- Rats deserted a sinking ship.
C.M.S.
Èbí n. Family, Relation.
Èbìbì
According to Mr. Ajibola, the old names for the months.
Èbìbì – the fifth month of the year.
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.