ị̀gbị̀
noun
ụ̀gbẹ̀ (alternative), ụ̀gbà (alternative), ị̀gbẹ̀ (alternative), ụ̀gbị̀ (alternative)
Definitions
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time, occasion, season
Ị̀gbì kí Ị̀àrẹ bá ti mị́làkị́là lọ́dún dé The time when the Iare chiefs start to meet is when we know festival time has comeSimilar wordsìgbànoun 3 entries are spelled “ìgbà”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. ìgbà time, occasion, season ùgbà time, occasion ugbá calabash, the plant Lagenaria siceraria àsìkònounàkókònounsáànounPossibly used inlị́gbị̀when, at that time Wiktionary points at “lị́gbị̀”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “lígbẹ̀”, which matches once underdots are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “lị́gbị̀” may be a word nobody has written up yet. lígbẹ̀ when, at that time, then
Etymology
Synonymous with ụ̀gbị̀ and used interchangeably, and probably from the same root as ìgbẹ̀, ùgbẹ̀, as the phonemes /ɛ/ and /ɪ/ are often used allophonically among speakers of the Ekiti dialect.
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ịgbị”.
Reference:
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