ibo

ibo

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Igbo.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.boː/, [ˈiːboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.bo/, [ˈiːbo]

ībō

1. first-person singular future active indicative of eō

• “ibo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

ibo

1. sister-in-law

• IPA^(key): /ì.bò/

ìbò

1. vote, ballot, election
2. (Yoruba religion) a device used in a form of cleromancy done in divination. This device consists of cowries, bones, and other objects as a way to get the solution to a specific problem.

 

 

 

• IPA^(key): /ì.bó/

ìbó

1. The name for several plants of the family Apocynaceae that are known for their sour taste. They include Landolphia dulcis, Ancylobotrys scandens (from the genus Ancylobothrys), Saba comorensis, species, and Saba thompsonii.

   ẹmu náàá kan bí ìbó ― the palm wine was as sour as the ìbó plant

2. (euphemistic) death

   ọmọ́ lọ ká ìbó ― The child is dead (literally, “The child went and picked the ìbó plant”)

• Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎^[1], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN