bẹrẹ
Yoruba
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛ̀.ɾɛ̀/
Verb
bẹ̀rẹ̀
- (transitive, intransitive) to start, to commence, to begin
- Antonyms: dẹ́kun, dá, fòpin
Derived terms
- ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ (“beginning, start”)
- ilé ẹ̀kọ́ alákọ̀ọ́bẹ̀rẹ̀ (“elementary school”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛ̀.ɾɛ̀/
Verb
bẹ̀rẹ̀
- (intransitive) to bend down, to crouch
- Antonyms: dìde dúró, dúró, nàró
Derived terms
- ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ (“the act of bending down”)
- bẹ̀rẹ̀mọ́lẹ̀ (“to bend down to the ground”)
Related terms
- lóṣòó (“to squat”)
Alternative forms
- bẹẹrẹ
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛ̄.ɾɛ̄/
Verb
bẹrẹ
- the grass Anadelphia afzeliana
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛ̀.ɾɛ́/
Ideophone
bẹ̀rẹ́
- (of an entity) bending in the form of a slope or unevenly
Etymology 5
Possibly related to bẹ́ẹ́rẹ̀ (“firstborn son”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛ́.ɾɛ̀/
Noun
bẹ́rẹ̀
- an elderly male relative; (in particular) a revered or adored male elder
Related terms
- baba