ẹba

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eba"

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Ẹ̀bà pẹ̀lú ẹ̀gúsí.

Possibly from ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bà (“to ferment”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.bà/

Noun

ẹ̀bà

a swallow made with cassava flour (gàrí)
(by extension, idiomatic) food, sustenance
Synonyms: oúnjẹ, jíjẹ, ìjẹ

Descendants

→ English: eba

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.bá/

Noun

ẹ̀bá

side, edge

Derived terms

lẹ́bàá
ẹ̀bádò
Ìbàdàn

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