Iwarẹ
Yoruba
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editProper noun
editÌwàrẹ
- the highest class of chiefs in a Yoruba town, the first six makeup a council known as the Ìwàrẹ̀fà
- Synonym: Ìwàrẹ̀fà
Noun
editÌwàrẹ