igbẹ

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɡ͡bɛ́/

Noun

ìgbẹ́

1. bush, forest

   Synonym: igbó

2. game hunting
3. wrong direction

   gbogbo wọ́n ń foríbọ̀gbẹ́ ― They were going in the wrong direction

Derived terms

• ẹran ìgbẹ́ (“bushmeat”)

Related terms

• aginjù (“wilderness”)
• dájì (“jungle”)
• ṣọdẹ (“to hunt”)

Etymology 2

Possibly from Etymology 1 as a euphemistic meaning since the bush was where defecation often occurred.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɡ͡bɛ́/

Noun

ìgbẹ́

1. feces, stool

   Synonyms: imí, iyín, kákà

Derived terms

• ilé-ìgbẹ́ (“toilet, latrine”)
• yàgbẹ́ (“to defecate”)
• ìgbẹ́ gbuuru (“diarrhea”)
• ìgbẹ́ ọ̀rìn (“dysentery”)