ibilẹ
Yoruba edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From ìbí (“birth”) + ilẹ̀ (“ground, earth, land”), literally “That which is born from the land”, from the belief that traditional customs developed from the traditional sources of towns or the land, thereby behing native
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ìbílẹ̀
- native, local, indigenous
- traditional system, often referring to precolonial structures