igbin

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ì.ɡ͡bĩ̀/

Noun

ìgbìn

  1. (music) upright open-ended log drums with single leather heads fastened and tuned by wooden pegs, sacred to the orisha Ọbàtálá, it is a subfamily of the gbẹ̀du family of drums. [1]
Hypernyms
  • gbẹ̀du (gbedu drums)
  • àgbélẹ̀lù (grounded drums)
  • ìlù (percussion, drums)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
  • Onígbìndé (A Yoruba name meaning, "the igbin drummer has arrived.")
References
  1. Fámúlẹ̀, Ọláwọlé (2018) “Èdè Àyàn: The Language of Àyàn in Yorùbá Art and Ritual of Egúngún”, in University of Florida

Etymology 2

Ìgbín
Ìgbín aláta pẹ̀lú ẹyin sísè àti ẹja àrọ̀.

From Proto-Yoruboid *ʊ̀-gbɪ̃́, cognate with Igala ìgbí, Idoma ìgbí, Olukumi ugbẹ́n, Ifè ɔ̀gbɛ̃́, Fon agbĭn

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ì.ɡ͡bĩ́/

Noun

ìgbín

  1. snail
Synonyms
Hyponyms
species of snail
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