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Yoruba
Etymology
From ọjọ́ (“day”) + ìbí (“birth”). Compare with Igala ọ́jọ́-úbí.
Pronunciation
Noun
ọjọ́-ìbí
- birthday
- Synonym: ayẹyẹ oríkádún
- Ẹ kú ọjọ́-ìbí! ― Happy birthday!
Ọjọ́ wo ni ọjọ́-ìbí rẹ?
Ọjọ́-ìbí mi ni ọjọ́ kejìlélógún Oṣù-Òwéwe.- When is your birthday?
My birthday is September 22nd.
2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:Ọjọ́ ìbíì mi ni ọjọ́ ìkẹ́ta nínú oṣù-kejì ọdún- My birthday is the third day of February
Derived terms
References
- ^ National Language Centre (1987) A Vocabulary of Primary Science and Mathematics in Nine Nigerian Languages, volumes 1 - Fulfilde, Izon and Yoruba, Enugu, Nigeria: Federal Ministry of Education National Language Centre; Fourth Dimension Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 120