ìlẹ̀kẹ̀
noun
/ì.lɛ̀.kɛ̀/
ùlẹ̀kẹ̀ (alternative)
Definitions
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beads, usually worn as necklaces and bracelets by royalty or traditional priests, ìlẹ̀kẹ̀ often specifically refers to coral beads
Wọ́n ń so ìlẹ̀kẹ̀ tí ó já They were stringing the beads that snappedSimilar wordsàkúnìlẹ̀kẹ̀ iyínìlẹ̀kẹ̀ iyùnUsed inbàtà ìlẹ̀kẹ̀ìlẹ̀kẹ̀ bèbè ìdíìlẹ̀kẹ̀ eroganìlẹ̀kẹ̀ ẹsẹ̀ìlẹ̀kẹ̀ Ifáìlẹ̀kẹ̀ itúnìlẹ̀kẹ̀ lágídígbaìlẹ̀kẹ̀ ọrùnìlẹ̀kẹ̀ ọwọ́ìlẹ̀kẹ̀ sẹ̀giìlẹ̀kẹ̀ àbèrèìlẹ̀kẹ̀ èjìgbà
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.
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Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ilẹkẹ”.
Reference:
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