Meaning of ìbì | Babel Free

Definitions

1. pushing, rolling, swaying of something
2. questioning, question, enquiring
3. ancestry
4. birth
5. this place or location, here
6. place, locus, location
7. placenta
8. evil, wickedness
9. position, point, degree
10. misfortune, tragedy
11. somewhere
12. reason, on account of, perspective of

Examples

“Ìbì omi òkun”

The rolling of the waves of the ocean

“Ibí l'a gbé sin baba”

Here is where we buried the father

“Ibi òmíràn-án jẹ́ ilẹ̀ rere; ibi òmíràn-án jẹ́ ilẹ̀ aṣálẹ̀”

Some places have good soil, other places are barren land

“Ibi ajá ni a ti ń mọ òkúrorò àpọ́n”

It is from the perspective of the dog that we know of the mean bachelor

“Ijọ́ a bá ríbi ni ibi í wọlẹ̀”

The day we see the placenta is the day we bury it in the ground

“Wọ́n fi ibi san án fún olóore”

They repaid their benefactor with evil

“Ibi bá wọ́n”

They encountered great misfortune

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