igi — Sọ̀rọ̀ Sókè

igi noun /ī.ɡī/ spelling unconfirmed

Definitions

tree
stick, wood, cane
Gbẹ́nàgbẹ́nà Àbárìṣà, ó fi igba igi gbẹ́ ọpọ́n; ó ní kí wọ́n sọ fún Àbárìṣà pé òun kò tí ì gbẹ́ nǹkankan The carpenter of Àbárìṣà, he uses two-hundred trees to carve a canoe, he then said they should tell Àbárìṣà that he has not carved anything at all
plant stem
ridge
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Etymology

Cognate with Ede Idaca egi and Igala íji (“firewood”), proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *í-gĩ. Compare with orín (“chewing stick”)

Dialectal synonyms “wood, tree” 46 varieties

Southeast Yoruba

Ìjẹ̀bú Òde: egi
Ẹ̀pẹ́: egi
Ìkòròdú: egi
Ṣágámù: egi
Mahin: igi
Oǹdó: ugi
Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀): igin
Usẹn: igin

Ìtsẹkírì

Ìwẹrẹ: egin

Olùkùmi

Ugbódù: ijin

Central Yoruba

Àdó Èkìtì: ugi
Àkúrẹ́: ugi
Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì: ugi

Northwest Yoruba

Èkó: igi
Ìbàdàn: igi
Òṣogbo (Òsogbo): igi
Ìlọrin: igi
Òtù: igi
Ìwéré Ilé: igi
Òkèhò: igi
Ìsẹ́yìn: igi
Ṣakí: igi
Tedé: igi
Ìgbẹ́tì: igi
Ọ̀yọ́: igi
Nàìjíríà: igi
Bɛ̀nɛ̀: igi

Northeast Yoruba/Okun

Kabba: igi

Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba

Sokode: ògbógóró
Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú): egi
Tchaourou: egi
Baàtɛ: egi
Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀): egi
Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè: egi
Ìkpòbɛ́: egi
Kétu: egi
Akpáré: egi
Atakpamɛ: egi
Boko: egi
Moretan: egi
Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti): egi
Aledjo-Koura: egi
Partago: egi
Kandi: ɡíĩ́
Kambole: egi
Manigri: egi

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Used in

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Listed as a similar word by

pákónoun

wood, plank, wooden board

ìtìnoun

large log

gẹdúnoun

timber; (as the species of tree identified as gẹdú are often used as timber)

pátákónoun

wood, plank, board

èṣìṣìlọ́ọ̀noun

a single grass strand which make up a broom

ùkekenoun