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Meaning of ogidigbo | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ò.ɡì.dì.ɡ͡bó

Definitions

  1. A Yoruba drum belonging to the gbẹ̀du class of drums, it is used to make coded messages or send long-distance messages. It was mainly played in the royal court of the Aláàfin.
  2. crowd

Examples

“bí òwe, bí òwe, ni à ń lu ìlù ògìdìgbó, ọlọ́gbọ́n níí jó o, ọ̀mọ̀ràn níí sìí mọ̀ ọ́n”

the ògìdìgbó drum is beaten in drum beats like proverbs, it is the wise who dance to its rhythm correctly, and only the wise can understand or decode it

“àwọn ògìdìgbó ènìyàn-án wà níbẹ̀”

There was a crowd of people there

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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