ibẹrẹ

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• اِبعَِرعَِ

Etymology

ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bẹ̀rẹ̀ (“to begin, to commence”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.bɛ̀.ɾɛ̀/

Noun

ìbẹ̀rẹ̀

1. introduction; start; beginning

   Synonym: ìfáárà

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ (“beginning”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	ùbẹ̀rẹ̀
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	ùbẹ̀rẹ̀
				Ṣágámù	ùbẹ̀rẹ̀
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)		Òkìtìpupa	ùbẹ̀rẹ̀
		Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)		Mahin	ùbẹ̀rẹ̀
		Oǹdó		Oǹdó	ùbẹ̀ẹ̀
	Olùkùmi			Ugbódù	osúgwá
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ụ̀bẹ̀rẹ̀
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	ụ̀bẹ̀rẹ̀
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	ụ̀bẹ̀rẹ̀
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì		Èbúté Mẹ́tà	ìbẹ̀rẹ̀
		Ẹ̀gbá		Abẹ́òkúta	ìbẹ̀rẹ̀
		Èkó		Èkó	ìbẹ̀rẹ̀
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	ìbẹ̀rẹ̀
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	ìbẹ̀rẹ̀
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	ìbẹ̀rẹ̀
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	ìbẹ̀rẹ̀
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	ìbɛ̀rɛ̀
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Owé		Kabba	ìbẹ̀rẹ̀
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	ìkpìŋkpìlɛ̀, ìɖònɖálɛ̀
				Atakpamɛ	ìkpìŋkpìlɛ̀, ìɖònɖálɛ̀
				Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)	ìkpìŋkpìlɛ̀, ìɖònɖálɛ̀
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.