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Yoruba
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
ẹbí
- family
- relative, next of kin
- Synonyms: ìbátan, ọmọre
- àìlówó ni ẹbí kò sí, bí a bá di olówó tán, tajá-tẹran níí di ẹbí ẹni ― it is when one does not have money that there are no relatives, when one becomes wealthy, everybody becomes one's relatives (proverb against parasitic relatives)
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Etymology 2
From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + bi (“to do evil, to reap a reward for being evil”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ẹ̀bi
- blame, fault, guilty verdict
- wọ́n dá a ní ẹ̀bi ― They granted her a guilty verdict
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Etymology 3
From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + bí (“to give birth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ẹ̀bí
- the act of childbirth, the act of giving birth
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