Ifẹ

See also: ife, -ife, ifẹ, Ife, Ifɛ, and IFE

Yoruba

Etymology

From Ufẹ̀. Several folk etymologies existed including i- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ fẹ̀, literally “The Land that widens”

  • Possibly from i- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ fẹ̀ (“to be prosperous, to be successful”), literally “Land of prosperity”

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ī.fɛ̀/

Proper noun

Ifẹ̀

  1. Ifẹ (a city in Nigeria)
    Synonym: Ilé-Ifẹ̀
  2. (historical) Ife Kingdom
  3. mythological origin place of the Yoruba people
  4. Ife, a subgroup of the Yoruba people, who speak the Ifẹ̀ dialect of Yoruba
  5. A dialect of the Yoruba language
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