béèrè
verb
/béè.ɾè/ /bèè.ɾè/
bèèrè (canonical), bí léèrè (alternative)
Definitions
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to ask a question, to make an inquiry
Similar wordsṣe ìbéèrèUsed inìbéèrènounabéèrè
Etymology
From bí (“to ask”) + èèrè (“explanation”), literally “to ask for an explanation”.
Component words
bíto ask
8 entries are spelled “bí”. The etymology calls it “to ask”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
bí
to give birth to
bí
to be angry
bí
The name of the Latin script letter B/b.
bí
if
bí
how
bí
when, as soon as
bí
subordinating conjunction used solely with intensifiers such as àfi, àyàmọ̀, àyàṣe, and àdàmọ̀
bí
question marker that can be used at the end of a yes-no question
èèrèexplanation
Used in
Possibly derived from
Each of these pages lists a word as built from it, spelled a little differently from this one — a different tone mark, or an underdot this word doesn't have.
Tone and underdots are what tell two Yorùbá words apart, so we can't say whether the other page meant this word and mistyped it, or meant a word that has no page here yet.
Writing that word up on Wiktionary settles it. How to help.
biverb
“bi” lists “bi léèrè” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring tone marks. It may be a misspelling, or “bi léèrè” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
bi
to ask, to interrogate
Listed as a similar word by
These words list this one in their own definitions. This word does not list them back, so Wiktionary records the link in one direction only.
The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
to ask
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “beere”.
Reference:
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