iráyé
noun
/ī.á.jé/
ịráyé (alternative), aráyé (alternative)
Definitions
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human, person
Similar wordsọ̀nìyànnoun 2 entries are spelled “ọ̀nìyàn”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. ọ̀nìyàn person ọ̀nị̀yọ̀n person èèyànnoun 3 entries are spelled “èèyàn”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. èèyàn person, people, human being ọ̀nìyàn person ọ̀nị̀yọ̀n person ènìyànnoun 3 entries are spelled “ènìyàn”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. ènìyàn person, people, human being ọ̀nìyàn person ọ̀nị̀yọ̀n person
Dialect
Etymology
From iá (“member”) + ayé (“world, earth”), literally “Inhabitant of the earth, earthbeing”, in comparison to iá ọ̀un (“heavenly being”)
Component words
iámember
3 entries are spelled “iá”. The etymology calls it “member”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
irá
native, indigene
ará
relative, family, relations, member
ịrá
native, indigene
ayéworld, earth
Possibly derived from
Each of these pages lists a word as built from it, spelled a little differently from this one — a different tone mark, or an underdot this word doesn't have.
Tone and underdots are what tell two Yorùbá words apart, so we can't say whether the other page meant this word and mistyped it, or meant a word that has no page here yet.
Writing that word up on Wiktionary settles it. How to help.
rayèverb
“rayè” lists “ìrayè” 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 “ìrayè” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
rayè
to cause someone to lose their memory or consciousness
ráyèverb
“ráyè” lists “ìráyè” 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 “ìráyè” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
ráyè
to have time or space for something
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “iaye”.
Reference:
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