obì
noun
Definitions
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kola nut
Used inolóbìRelated wordsorógbónoun 2 entries are spelled “orógbó”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. orógbó Garcinia kola, The bitter kola nut, it plays an important role in the worship of the òrìṣà, especially that of Ṣàngó uógbó Garcinia kola, bitter kola nut
Etymology
Cognate with Itsekiri óbì, Igala óbì. Possible cognates include Nupe ebì, Aghem ébiá. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-bì. A common folk etymology used in traditional prayers identifies it as from o- (“nominalizing prefix”) + bì (“to remove, to spue”), literally “That which removes (impurities)”
Component words
o-nominalizing prefix
bìto remove, to spue
2 entries are spelled “bì”. The etymology calls it “to remove, to spue”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
bì
to vomit, to throw up
bì
to sway, to push back
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
obiKrioobeSranan TongoobiPortuguese
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 2,
where this word is spelled “obi”.
Reference:
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