gbẹ̀du
noun
/ɡ͡bɛ̀.dū/
Definitions
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large sonorous type of drum with a skin made from ẹ̀kìrì (black duiker) or ìgalà hide. It is one of the 4 main families of drums among the Yoruba, and is mainly played for the king and by elders including the Ògbóni
Láìkú ẹ̀kìrì, a kò lè fi awọ rẹ̀ ṣe gbẹ̀du. Untill the black duiker dies, it's skin cannot be used to made a gbẹ̀du drum.
- someone who speaks with a deep, resounding, voice (in comparison to the gbẹ̀du drum)
- drum heavy music such as Afrobeats and Jùjú (in comparison to the gbẹ̀du drum)
-
party (where drum heavy music is played)
Similar wordsówàḿbẹ̀Possibly similar wordsaríyánoun Wiktionary points at “aríyá”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “àríyá”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “aríyá” may be a word nobody has written up yet. àríyá joy, merriment, party, festival
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Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
gbeduNigerian Pidgin
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “gbẹdu”.
Reference:
en-gbẹdu-yo-noun-j-wsKycu