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Yoruba
Etymology
From the phrase "sọgbó dilé sọ̀gbẹ́ dìgboro, ọba asààtàn dọjà", an oríkì for a successful ọba that maintains and expands a settlement,[1] ultimately from sọ (“to make”) + igbó (“forest”) + di (“to become”) + ilé (“house”) + sọ (“to make”) + ìgbẹ́ (“bush”) + di (“to become”) + ìgboro (“urban area”), literally “ turns forests into homes and bush into towns.”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɔ̄.ɡ͡bó.dī.lé sɔ̀.ɡ͡bɛ́.dì.ɡ͡bō.ɾō/
Noun
sọgbódilé sọ̀gbẹ́dìgboro
- development (in rural areas or at the fringes of urban areas); urban sprawl
- Synonym: ìdàgbàsókè
2005, “Àwọn Àǹfààní Tá À Ń Rí Lára Òkè”, in ÀKÁ ÌWÉ ORÍ ÍŃTÁNẸ́Ẹ̀TÌ ti Watchtower:Àtẹ̀jáde kan tí Àjọ Ìparapọ̀ Àwọn Orílẹ̀-Èdè fi ṣọwọ́ sáwọn oníròyìn sọ pé: “Nítorí iṣẹ́ àgbẹ̀, iṣẹ́ sọgbódilé-sọ̀gbẹ́dìgboro àtàwọn ìgbòkègbodò míì téèyàn ò lè tètè rí ipa wọn, àwọn igbó kìjikìji tó kù sórí àwọn òkè kan ti ń pa run.”- “Some of these last wild areas are fast disappearing in the face of agriculture, infrastructure development and other creeping impacts,” explains a recent United Nations press release.
References
- ^ Barber, Karin (1991) I Could Speak Until Tomorrow: Oriki, Women & the Past in a Yoruba Town