igbẹ
Yoruba
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ìgbẹ́
- bush, forest
- Synonym: igbó
- game hunting
- wrong direction
- gbogbo wọ́n ń foríbọ̀gbẹ́ ― They were going in the wrong direction
Derived terms
[edit]- ẹran ìgbẹ́ (“bushmeat”)
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Possibly from Etymology 1 as a euphemistic meaning since the bush was where defecation often occurred.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ìgbẹ́
Derived terms
[edit]- ilé-ìgbẹ́ (“toilet, latrine”)
- yàgbẹ́ (“to defecate”)
- ìgbẹ́ gbuuru (“diarrhea”)
- ìgbẹ́ ọ̀rìn (“dysentery”)