ẹbiẹ

Igala

Etymology 1

Cognates include Yoruba ẹ̀jẹ̀, ultimately proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-bʲɛ̀, equivalent *ɛ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ *bʲɛ̀

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̀.bʲɛ̀/

Noun

ẹ̀bìẹ̀

  1. blood
Derived terms
  • ẹ̀bìẹ̀-ényá-r'ónẹ̀ (“anemia”)
  • ẹ̀bìẹ̀-édu (“blood donation”)
  • ẹ̀bìẹ̀-agigba (“hematoma”)
  • ẹ̀bìẹ̀-ẹ̀bìẹ̀ (“to be bloody”)

References
  • John Idakwoji (2015 February 12) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN

Etymology 2

From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bíẹ́ (“to defile; to desecrate”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̀.bʲɛ́/

Noun

ẹ̀bíẹ́

  1. (euphemistic) menstrual blood

Interjection

ẹ̀bíẹ́!

  1. (idiomatic, offensive, vulgar) a clipping of the phrase m'ẹ́biẹ̄ dā mọ (“gather menstrual blood and drink it!”)
    Synonym: bíẹ́
  • ùbíẹ
  • ìná-ẹ̀bíẹ́ (“an insult in reference to menstrual blood”)

References
  • John Idakwoji (2015 February 12) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN
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