lígbẹ̀
adv
/lí.ɡ͡bɛ̀/
lígbì (alternative), lígbà (alternative)
Definitions
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when, at that time, then
Lígbẹ̀ kọ́n gbá ti ya ùjẹṣu. A gbé efun ọlọ́yọ̀, líjọ́, a juná, lókè Ìpẹ̀tì náà When it is time for the New Yam Festival, they will adorne the chief with chalk, on that day, they will perform a performance with fire, on the top of the Ipeti hillSimilar wordsnígbà tí
Etymology
From ní + ìgbẹ̀.
Component words
ní
4 entries are spelled “ní”, and the etymology doesn't say which one this word is built from — we've linked to the first.
ní
The name of the Latin script letter N/n.
ní
to have
ní
at, in (used when no movement is implied)
ní
to say
ìgbẹ̀
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.
ị̀gbẹ̀noun
“ị̀gbẹ̀” lists “lị́gbẹ̀” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring underdots. It may be a misspelling, or “lị́gbẹ̀” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
ị̀gbẹ̀
time, occasion, season
ị̀gbị̀noun
“ị̀gbị̀” lists “lị́gbị̀” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring underdots. It may be a misspelling, or “lị́gbị̀” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
ị̀gbị̀
time, occasion, season
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ligbẹ”.
Reference:
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