Ebibi de Ebo

From Wikipedia

Èbìbì

According to Mr. Ajibola, the old names for the months.

Èbìbì – the fifth month of the year.

Ebini: Ebenezer.

Èbìtì

(1) Snare for animals.

(2) Bi èbìtì kò pa eku, á fi eyìn fún eléyìn- If an affair for which a fee is paid is not successful, the fee is refundable: Payments depend on results.

C.M.S.

Èbìtì, n. Trap.

Èbéton

Ìbóton – The fact of one’s thighs becoming chafed on a saddle e.t.c.

Ebo

(1) (a) (i) Offering or sacrifice

   made to an Òrìsà. 

(ii) Èsù – 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 (ebo) is generally splashed over Èsù so that he may not prevent the Òrìsà to whom the sacrifice is made from accepting it.

(b) Ebo-Orí – offering made on one’s behelf. (c) Èbo-Agbolé – Sacrifice made on behalf on one’s family.

(d) Ebo-Igboro= Ebo àgbáàlú – Sacrifice made for the whole town

(e) Ebo-opé – (Bible) Thanks-offering.

(f) Ebo àláfíà – Peace-offering.

(g) Ebo ètùtù – Atonement offering.

(h) Ebo irapada – Sacrifice where the guilt of person is transferred to the victim sacrificed.

(j) Ebo àse - Sacrifice made to a denty to obtain his help. Ebo (cont’d)

(k) Ebo àgbéso – Offering thrown to priests by each other in order to suppress the supplicant’s enemies.

(l) Ebo ìsàmì (m) Ebo osu

(n) Ebo àbá

(o) Ebo Àrú dà = Àrú fín.

(p) (i) Òrìsà yìí gba eboòmi.

(ii) Ebo yìí dà

(q) Ebo enìkon la fi enìkon ru.

(r) Ebo le, ko ju iju lo.

(s) Ebo á fín o.

(t) Ojúbo.

(u) E don.

(v) Ebo à bá mòn ò sé

(2) (a) Ó débo

(b) Ojú ilè la se dáa.

(c) Ó débo fún mi.

(d) Adébo = Débo-débo

(3) (a) (i) Ó rúbo = O sebo

(b) A fi òÒbè àdón

(c) Ìrú ‘bo= Ìsebo

(d) lè sebo, lè soògùn: báa ti wáyé páá rí làá ri.

(e) (i) Ó pa àgùntàn rú bo = Ó fi àgùntàn sebo

(f) iparúbo.

(g) Ká fi àkàlà sebo igun.

(4) (a) Elébo.

(b) Elébolóògun.

(5) Ajebo. C.M.S.

Ebo, n. Sacrifice.

Ebo-àkóso

C.M.S

Ebo-àkóso, n. first fruits. Ebo-alafia

C.M.S

Ebo-alafia, n. peace-offering.

Ebo-ètùtù

C.M.S.

Ebo-ètùtù, n. propitiatory sacrifice, atonement.

Ebo-èse

C.M.S.

Ebo-èse, n. Sin-offering.

Ebo-fífì

C.M.S

Ebo-fífì, n. wave-offering.

Ebo –ìdámewa

C.M.S

Ebo-ìdáméwa, n. Tithe-offering.

Ebo-ìgbéso

C.M.S

Ebo-ìgbéso, n. Leave-offering.

Ebo-itasile

C.M.S

Ebo-itasile, n. libation.

Ebo-opé

C.M.S.

Ebo-opé, n. Thank-offering.

Ebo-oreàtinúwa

C.M.S

Ebo-oreàtinúwa, n. Free-will- offering.

Ebo-oresísun

C.M.S

Ebo-oresísun, Ebo-sísun, n. Burnt-offering.

Ebora

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.