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Igala
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Common_snail.jpg/220px-Common_snail.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Yoruba ìgbín, perhaps from Proto-Yoruboid *ʊ̀-gbɪ̃́
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ìgbí
- snail
- Synonym: áchikokolo ìgbí
- 2015 February 12, John Idakwoji, An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN, page 288:
- Ìgbí è chee, k'è w'ító?
- Are you a snail, that you keep on drooling?
References
[edit]- John Idakwoji (2015 February 12) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN
Yoruba
[edit]Etymology
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Porto_Covo_January_2020-11.jpg/220px-Porto_Covo_January_2020-11.jpg)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ìgbì
- wave
- Ìgbì ayé kò ní gbé wa lọ. ― The wave of life shall not carry us away.