ibilẹ

Yoruba

Alternative forms

ùbílẹ̀

Etymology

From ìbí (“birth”) +‎ ilẹ̀ (“ground, earth, land”), literally “That which is born from the land”, from the belief that traditional customs developed from the traditional sources of towns or the land, thereby behing native

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ì.bí.lɛ̀/

Noun

ìbílẹ̀

native, local, indigenous
traditional system, often referring to precolonial structures

Related terms

àṣà (“tradition, custom”)

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