igbo
See also: Igbo
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iɡ.bo/
Noun
igbo m (uncountable)
- Igbo (language)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiɡbo/ [ˈiɣ̞.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -iɡbo
- Syllabification: ig‧bo
Adjective
igbo (plural igbo or igbos)
- Igbo
Noun
igbo m or f (plural igbos or igbo)
- Igbo
Noun
igbo m (uncountable)
- Igbo
Yoruba
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ì.ɡ͡bò/
Noun
ìgbò
- headbutt
- Synonym: gídígbò
- ó sẹ̀ mí ní ìgbò ní àyà ― He gave me a headbutt me in the chest
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ì.ɡ͡bò/
Noun
ìgbò
- A large headed bird, identified as a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae
- Synonyms: àgbìgbò, ògbìgbò
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ī.ɡ͡bō/
Noun
igbo
- a long whip
- Synonyms: pàṣán; kòbókò; ẹgba; patiyẹ; ọrẹ́, ìlágbà; àtorìn; bílálà
Alternative forms
- agbo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ī.ɡ͡bō/
Noun
igbo
- Alternative form of agbo (“circle, group”)
Etymology 5
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Igbó
Probably from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-gbó. Cognate with Urhobo égbó, Edo ẹgbo, Igbo ugbō
Alternative forms
- ugbó
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ī.ɡ͡bó/
Noun
igbó
- forest, bush, grove
- Synonym: ìgbẹ́
- àwọn ọdẹ ń dẹ igbó ― The hunters are hunting in the forest
Derived terms
- alábojútó-igbó (“forester”)
- àmójútó-igbó (“forest management”)
- aṣọ́gbó (“forest ranger”)
- igbó àsọlọ́jọ̀ (“forest reserve”)
- Igbóbì (“town in Lagos”)
- Ìjẹ̀bú-Igbó (“an Ìjẹ̀bú town”)
- ìmọ̀ ìtọ́jú-igbó (“forestry”)
- wogbó-wogbó (“forest ranger”)
Related terms
- aginjù (“wilderness”)
- dájì (“jungle”)
- ẹgàn (“virgin forest”)
Etymology 6
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Igbó
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ī.ɡ͡bó/
Noun
igbó
- a general term for recreational drugs (in particular) Indian hemp, marijuana, and Cannabis sativa
- Synonyms: (slang) ẹja, (slang) ọjà
- wọ́n ń mu igbó ― They are smoking marijuana
Derived terms
- amugbó (“drug addict, smoker”)
Etymology 7
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Ìgbó
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ì.ɡ͡bó/
Noun
ìgbó
- the plant Solanum incanum