Ijẹbu

Yoruba

Etymology

ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ jẹ (“to rove, to swim”) +‎ ní (“in”) +‎ ubú (“ocean, deep sea”), literally “The ones who swim in the deep sea”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.d͡ʒɛ̀.bú/

Proper noun

Ìjẹ̀bú

1. Ijebu people, a subgroup of Yoruba people who speak the Ìjẹ̀bú spoken variety in the Ede-Yoruba-Itsekiri continuum.
2. A spoken variety closely related to that of the Yoruba language

Derived terms

• Ìjẹ̀bú-Ifẹ̀ (“An Ìjẹ̀bú Yorùbá town in Nigeria”)
• Ìjẹ̀bú-Igbó (“An Ìjẹ̀bú Yorùbá town in Nigeria”)
• Ìjẹ̀bú-Òde (“The principal and capital city of the Ìjẹ̀bú people”)