igbo

See also: Igbo

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /iɡ.bo/

Noun

igbo m (uncountable)

  1. Igbo (language)

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈiɡbo/ [ˈiɣ̞.β̞o]
  • Rhymes: -iɡbo
  • Syllabification: ig‧bo

Adjective

igbo m or f (masculine and feminine plural igbo or igbos)

  1. Igbo

Noun

igbo m or f by sense (plural igbos or igbo)

  1. Igbo

Noun

igbo m (uncountable)

  1. Igbo

Yoruba

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ì.ɡ͡bò/

Noun

ìgbò

  1. headbutt
    Synonym: gídígbò
    ó sẹ̀ mí ní ìgbò ní àyà ― He gave me a headbutt me in the chest

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ì.ɡ͡bò/

Noun

ìgbò

  1. A large headed bird, identified as a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae
    Synonyms: àgbìgbò, ògbìgbò

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ī.ɡ͡bō/

Noun

igbo

  1. a long whip
    Synonyms: pàṣán; kòbókò; ẹgba; patiyẹ; ọrẹ́, ìlágbà; àtorìn; bílálà

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ī.ɡ͡bō/

Noun

igbo

  1. Alternative form of agbo (“circle, group”)

Etymology 5
Igbó

Probably from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-gbó. Cognate with Urhobo égbó, Edo ẹgbo, Igbo ugbō

Alternative forms
  • ugbó

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ī.ɡ͡bó/

Noun

igbó

  1. forest, bush, grove
    Synonym: ìgbẹ́
    àwọn ọdẹ ń dẹ igbó ― The hunters are hunting in the forest
Derived terms
  • alábojútó-igbó (“forester”)
  • aṣọ́gbó (“forest ranger”)
  • igbó àsọlọ́jọ̀ (“forest reserve”)
  • Igbóbì (“town in Lagos”)
  • wogbó-wogbó (“forest ranger”)
  • àmójútó-igbó (“forest management”)
  • Ìjẹ̀bú-Igbó (“an Ìjẹ̀bú town”)
  • ìmọ̀ ìtọ́jú-igbó (“forestry”)

Etymology 6
Igbó

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ī.ɡ͡bó/

Noun

igbó

  1. a general term for recreational drugs (in particular) Indian hemp, marijuana, and Cannabis sativa
    Synonyms: (slang) ẹja, (slang) ọjà
    wọ́n ń mu igbó ― They are smoking marijuana
Derived terms
  • amugbó (“drug addict, smoker”)

Etymology 7
Ìgbó

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ì.ɡ͡bó/

Noun

ìgbó

  1. the plant Solanum incanum
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