nílé
prep_phrase
/nĩ́.lé/
lúlé (alternative, Ekiti), núlí (alternative), ńlé (alternative)
Definitions
- at home
Etymology
Contraction of ní + ilé, literally “at home”.
Used in
Derived from
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.
níprep
“ní” lists “nílẹ̀” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring underdots. It may be a misspelling, or “nílẹ̀” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
ní
at, in (used when no movement is implied)
Listed as a similar word by
These words list this one in their own definitions. This word does not list them back, so Wiktionary records the link in one direction only.
The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
pẹ̀lẹ́intj
“pẹ̀lẹ́” lists “ǹlẹ́” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring underdots. It may be a misspelling, or “ǹlẹ́” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
pẹ̀lẹ́
sorry (used to apologize or express condolence)
how are you, specifically used a greeting used by an older person to a younger person.
okun!intj
“okun!” lists “ǹlẹ́” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring underdots. It may be a misspelling, or “ǹlẹ́” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
okun!
A general greeting of hello, good day
A general greeting of hello, good day
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “nile”.
Reference:
en-nile-yo-prep_phrase-U9bLMOf8