sọgbodile sọgbẹdigboro

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• sọgbódilé-sọ̀gbẹ́dìgboro
• sọgbó-dilé sọ̀gbẹ́-dìgboro

Etymology

From the phrase "sọgbó dilé sọ̀gbẹ́ dìgboro, ọba asààtàn dọjà", an oríkì for a successful ọba that maintains and expands a settlement, ultimately from sọ (“to make”) +‎ igbó (“forest”) +‎ di (“to become”) +‎ ilé (“house”) +‎ sọ (“to make”) +‎ ìgbẹ́ (“bush”) +‎ di (“to become”) +‎ ìgboro (“urban area”), literally “[the process which] turns forests into homes and bush into towns.”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ̄.ɡ͡bó.dī.lé sɔ̀.ɡ͡bɛ́.dì.ɡ͡bō.ɾō/

Noun

sọgbódilé sọ̀gbẹ́dìgboro

1. development (in rural areas or at the fringes of urban areas); urban sprawl

   Synonym: ìdàgbàsókè

   • 2005, “Àwọn Àǹfààní Tá À Ń Rí Lára Òkè”, in ÀKÁ ÌWÉ ORÍ ÍŃTÁNẸ́Ẹ̀TÌ ti Watchtower‎^[2]:

     Àtẹ̀jáde kan tí Àjọ Ìparapọ̀ Àwọn Orílẹ̀-Èdè fi ṣọwọ́ sáwọn oníròyìn sọ pé: “Nítorí iṣẹ́ àgbẹ̀, iṣẹ́ sọgbódilé-sọ̀gbẹ́dìgboro àtàwọn ìgbòkègbodò míì téèyàn ò lè tètè rí ipa wọn, àwọn igbó kìjikìji tó kù sórí àwọn òkè kan ti ń pa run.”

     “Some of these last wild areas are fast disappearing in the face of agriculture, infrastructure development and other creeping impacts,” explains a recent United Nations press release.