mọlẹbi

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Possibly from ọmọ (“child”) +‎ ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ní (“in”) +‎ ẹbí (“family”), literally “Descendants of the family”

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃̀.lɛ́.bí/

Noun

mọ̀lẹ́bí

  1. extended family, clan, kinship
    Synonyms: ará-ilé, ìdílé, ẹbí
  • ìbátan (“relatives”)
  • alájọbí

Etymology 2

From mọ̀ (“to know”) +‎ ní (“in, as”) +‎ ẹbí (“family”), literally “To know as family”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃̀.lɛ́.bí/

Verb

mọ̀lẹ́bí

  1. to treat or know someone as one's relative
Derived terms
  • ìmọ̀lẹ́bí
  • àmọ̀lẹ́bí
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