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==Yoruba==
==Yoruba==


====Alternative forms====
===Alternative forms===
*{{alter|yo|Ìàrẹ}}, {{alter|yo|Ùàrẹ}} ''{{q|Ekiti}}''
*{{alter|yo|Ị̀àrẹ}}, {{alter|yo|Ụ̀àrẹ}} ''{{q|Ekiti}}''
*{{alter|yo|Ùwàrẹ}} ''{{q|Ijesha}}''
*{{alter|yo|Ùwàrẹ}} ''{{q|Ijesha}}''
*{{alter|yo|Èghàrẹ}}, {{alter|yo|Èwàrẹ}} ''{{q|Ondo, Idanre}}''
*{{alter|yo|Èghàrẹ}}, {{alter|yo|Èwàrẹ}} ''{{q|Ondo, Idanre, Ìlàjẹ}}''


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{af|yo|ì-|wàrẹ}}, cognate with {{cog|bin|Igharẹ}}, see cognates in other Yoruba-dialects, {{l|yo|Ìàrẹ}}, {{l|yo|Èghàrẹ}}, {{l|yo|Ùwàrẹ}}
From {{af|yo|ìwà|rẹ}}, cognate with {{cog|bin|Igharẹ}}, see cognates in other Yoruba-dialects, {{l|yo|Ị̀àrẹ}}, {{l|yo|Èghàrẹ}}, {{l|yo|Ùwàrẹ}}, perhaps from the same root as {{l|yo|ààrẹ|t=[[leader]], [[president]]}}


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
*{{yo-IPA|Ìwàrẹ}}
*{{yo-IPA|Ìwàrẹ}}


===Proper Noun===
===Proper noun===
{{yo-prop|Ìwàrẹ}}
{{yo-prop|Ìwàrẹ}}

# the [[highest]] [[class]] of [[chiefs]] in a Yoruba town, the first six makeup a council known as the {{l|yo|Ìwàrẹ̀fà}}
# the [[highest]] [[class]] of [[chiefs]] in a Yoruba town, the first six makeup a council known as the {{l|yo|Ìwàrẹ̀fà}}
#:{{syn|yo|Ìwàrẹ̀fà}}
#: {{syn|yo|Ìwàrẹ̀fà}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{yo-noun|Ìwàrẹ}}
{{yo-noun|Ìwàrẹ}}

# a [[high]]-[[ranking]] [[chief]] of a Yoruba [[town]]; a member of the {{l|yo|Ìwàrẹ̀fà}} [[council]] of [[chiefs]]
# a [[high]]-[[ranking]] [[chief]] of a Yoruba [[town]]; a member of the {{l|yo|Ìwàrẹ̀fà}} [[council]] of [[chiefs]]



Latest revision as of 21:31, 8 August 2024

Yoruba

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ìwà +‎ rẹ, cognate with Edo Igharẹ, see cognates in other Yoruba-dialects, Ị̀àrẹ, Èghàrẹ, Ùwàrẹ, perhaps from the same root as ààrẹ (leader, president)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ìwàrẹ

  1. the highest class of chiefs in a Yoruba town, the first six makeup a council known as the Ìwàrẹ̀fà
    Synonym: Ìwàrẹ̀fà

Noun

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Ìwàrẹ

  1. a high-ranking chief of a Yoruba town; a member of the Ìwàrẹ̀fà council of chiefs

Derived terms

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