igbin
Yoruba
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ì.ɡ͡bĩ̀/
Noun
ìgbìn
- (music) upright open-ended log drums with single leather heads fastened and tuned by wooden pegs, sacred to the orisha Ọbàtálá, it is a subfamily of the gbẹ̀du family of drums. [1]
Hypernyms
- àgbélẹ̀lù (“grounded drums”)
- gbẹ̀du (“gbedu drums”)
- ìlù (“percussion, drums”)
Hyponyms
- aféré
- ìyá ìgbìn
- jagba
- kẹ̀kẹ̀
Derived terms
- Onígbìndé (“A Yoruba name meaning, "the igbin drummer has arrived."”)
References
- Fámúlẹ̀, Ọláwọlé (2018), “Èdè Àyàn: The Language of Àyàn in Yorùbá Art and Ritual of Egúngún”, in University of Florida
Etymology 2
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Ìgbín
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Ìgbín aláta pẹ̀lú ẹyin sísè àti ẹja àrọ̀.
From Proto-Yoruboid *ʊ̀-gbɪ̃́, cognate with Igala ìgbí, Idoma ìgbí, Olukumi ugbẹ́n, Ifè ɔ̀gbɛ̃́, Fon agbĭn
Alternative forms
- ùgbẹ́n (SEY)
- ùgbín (Ife, Ijesha)
- ụ̀gbị́n (Ekiti)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ì.ɡ͡bĩ́/
Noun
ìgbín
- snail
Related terms
(Species of snail)
- ìpere
- kùnrùngbíngbín