mọlẹbi
Yoruba
Etymology 1
Possibly from ọmọ (“child”) + ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ní (“in”) + ẹbí (“family”), literally “Descendants of the family”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔ̃̀.lɛ́.bí/
Noun
mọ̀lẹ́bí
- extended family, clan, kinship
- Synonyms: ará-ilé, ìdílé, ẹbí
Related terms
- ìbátan (“relatives”)
- alájọbí
Etymology 2
From mọ̀ (“to know”) + ní (“in, as”) + ẹbí (“family”), literally “To know as family”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔ̃̀.lɛ́.bí/
Verb
mọ̀lẹ́bí
- to treat or know someone as one's relative
Derived terms
- ìmọ̀lẹ́bí
- àmọ̀lẹ́bí