Meaning of obìnrin | Babel Free

Definitions

1. woman, female
2. wife
3. Equivalent to 'female': Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.

Equivalents

Examples

“bí ọkùnrín bá rí ejò, tí obìnrin sì pa á, kò burú; kí ejò ṣáà má ti lọ”

If a man sees a snake, and a woman kills it, that is not bad; the important thing is for the snake not to escape

“èyí t'ó wù ẹ́ kò wù mí ni kò jẹ́ k'á pawó pọ̀ láti fẹ́ obìnrin”

What appeals to you may not appeal to me, this is why we cannot pool our financial resources together to marry one wife

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