ẹbáfín!
intj
/ɛ̄.bá.fĩ́/
Definitions
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a greeting for a king, high-ranking chief, priest or person; (in particular) when such a person is involved in traditional rites or ceremonies that involve sacrifices.
Ẹbáfín ooo, àba mi, ìn mò kú ọdún Ẹbáfín ooo my father, I greet you on this your festival!Related wordsàbọrú àbọyè
Etymology
From ẹbọ + á + fín, literally “May the sacrifice be successful”
Component words
ẹbọ
á
2 entries are spelled “á”, and the etymology doesn't say which one this word is built from — we've linked to the first.
á
The name of the Latin script letter A/a.
á
him, her, it (third-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a low- or mid-tone /a/)
fín
Listed as a similar word by
These words list this one in their own definitions. This word does not list them back, so Wiktionary records the link in one direction only.
The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
òdío oooo!intj
“òdío oooo!” lists “ẹbáfín” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring tone marks. It may be a misspelling, or “ẹbáfín” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
òdío oooo!
hail the king
hail the king
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ẹbafin”.
Reference:
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