iwin
noun
/ī.wĩ̄/
spelling unconfirmed
Definitions
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forest sprite; magical creatures whom are believed to reside in the forest and aid in the preparation of ritual medicine (òògùn)
Similar words
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person with weird attributes (in comparison to the supernatural creature)
Similar wordsọ̀rọ̀noun 3 entries are spelled “ọ̀rọ̀”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. ọ̀rọ̀ a supernatural fairy or spirit, believed to reside in physical objects and possess people ọ̀rọ̀ word, phrase, uttering ọ̀rọ̀ wall
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.
wìnverb
“wìn” lists “ìwìn” 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 “ìwìn” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
wìn
to aim at a target with a projectile
wínverb
“wín” lists “ìwín” 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 “ìwín” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
wín
to borrow
wín
to be near or close to something
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “iwin”.
Reference:
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