egbè
noun
/ē.ɡ͡bè/
Definitions
- a town outside from one's hometown; a neighboring town to one's hometown
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a farm settlement away from one's town
Similar wordsegurènoun 2 entries are spelled “egurè”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. egurè hut, farmhouse eguè village, hamlet abànounìjùmọ
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foreign land
Similar wordsìdálẹ̀noun 2 entries are spelled “ìdálẹ̀”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. ìdálẹ̀ a foreign land; a place far from one's hometown ụ̀dálẹ̀ alternative form of ìdálẹ̀ (“a foreign land”) ilẹ̀-òkèèrènoun
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foreigner
Similar wordsàlejònoun ògbèrènoun 2 entries are spelled “ògbèrè”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. ògbèrè stranger, foreigner, noninitiate ọ̀gbẹ̀rì A new babalawo initiate
Etymology
From e- (“nominalizing prefix”) + gbè (“to be next to someone or something”)
Component words
e-nominalizing prefixgbèto be next to someone or something
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 2,
where this word is spelled “egbe”.
Reference:
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