Iwarẹ
Yoruba edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From ì- + wàrẹ, cognate with Edo Igharẹ, see cognates in other Yoruba-dialects, Ị̀àrẹ, Èghàrẹ, Ùwàrẹ, perhaps from the same root as ààrẹ (“leader, president”)
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ìwàrẹ
- the highest class of chiefs in a Yoruba town, the first six makeup a council known as the Ìwàrẹ̀fà
- Synonym: Ìwàrẹ̀fà
Noun edit
Ìwàrẹ