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==Yoruba==
==Yoruba==


====Alternative forms====
===Alternative forms===
*{{alter|yo|Ìàrẹ}}, {{alter|yo|Ùàrẹ}} ''{{q|Ekiti}}''
*{{alter|yo|Ìàrẹ}}, {{alter|yo|Ùàrẹ}} ''{{q|Ekiti}}''
*{{alter|yo|Ùwàrẹ}} ''{{q|Ijesha}}''
*{{alter|yo|Ùwàrẹ}} ''{{q|Ijesha}}''
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*{{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}}

Revision as of 16:40, 21 December 2022

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ì- +‎ wàrẹ, cognate with Edo Igharẹ, see cognates in other Yoruba-dialects, Ìàrẹ, Èghàrẹ, Ùwàrẹ

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ìwàrẹ

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

Noun

Ìwàrẹ

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

Derived terms