ọjọ-ibi

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ọjọ́ (“day”) +‎ ìbí (“birth”). Compare with Igala ọ́jọ́-úbí.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ̄.d͡ʒɔ́.ì.bí/

Noun

ọjọ́-ìbí

  1. birthday
    Synonym: ayẹyẹ oríkádún
    Ẹ kú ọjọ́-ìbí! ― Happy birthday!
    Ọjọ́ wo ni ọjọ́-ìbí rẹ?
    Ọjọ́-ìbí mi ni ọjọ́ kejìlélógún Oṣù-Òwéwe.
    When is your birthday?
    My birthday is September 22nd.
    • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:
      Ọjọ́ ìbíì mi ni ọjọ́ ìkẹ́ta nínú oṣù-kejì ọdún
      My birthday is the third day of February

Derived terms
  • àsè ọjọ́-ìbí (“birthday party”)
  • ọlọ́jọ́ ìbí (“birthday celebrant”)

References
  1. National Language Centre (1987) A Vocabulary of Primary Science and Mathematics in Nine Nigerian Languages, volumes 1 - Fulfilde, Izon and Yoruba, Enugu, Nigeria: Federal Ministry of Education National Language Centre; Fourth Dimension Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 120
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