Ẹbibi

See also: ebibi

Yoruba

Etymology

From the Ìjẹ̀bú dialect of Yoruba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.bì.bì/

Proper noun

Ẹ̀bìbì

1. (Ijebu) a traditional festival celebrated by the Ìjẹ̀bú people of Ẹ̀pẹ́
2. (by extension) May, the twelfth and final month in the Yoruba calendar, the Kọ́jọ́dá, during which the Ẹ̀bìbì festival is usually celebrated in.

   Synonyms: Oṣù Ẹ̀bìbì, Méè, Oṣù Agà, Oṣù Kárùn-ún

See also

• (Kojoda months) oṣù Kọ́jọ́dá; Òkúdu (“June”), Agẹmọ (“July”), Ògún (“August”), Òwéwe (“September”), Ọ̀wàrà (“October”), Bélú (“November”), Ọ̀pẹ̀ (“December”), Ṣẹ̀rẹ́ (“January”), Èrèlé (“February”), Ẹ̀rẹ̀nà (“March”), Igbe (“April”), Ẹ̀bìbì (“May”) ^{(Category: yo:Kojoda months)}

References

• Adebua, Babatunde O., Sotunsa, Mobolanle E. Dialectics and Structural Organization in the Ẹ̀bìbì Festival Performances of the Ẹ̀pẹ́ People in Lagos State, Nigeria [1], 2018