ile-ikawe

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Yoruba

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Ilé-ìkàwé

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ilé (house) +‎ ìkàwé (act of reading books), literally the house of reading books.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ī.lé.ì.kà.wé/

Noun

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ilé-ìkàwé

  1. library
    Synonym: láíbìrì
    Mo ń lọ sí ilé-ìkàwé láti yá ìwé kíláàsì mi.
    I'm going to the library to borrow a book for my class.
  2. reading room
    Synonym: yàrá ìkàwé
    Òkè kelòó ni ilé-ìkàwé ilé wà? — Ó wà l'ókè kẹta.
    What floor is this house's reading room on? — It's on the third floor.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0[1], volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN