ile-ikawe

Yoruba

Ilé-ìkàwé

Alternative forms

• ilé ìkàwé

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ī.lé.ì.kà.wé/

Noun

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

• alákòóso ilé-ìkàwé ilé-ìwé (“school librarian”)
• amójútó ilé-ìkàwé (“librarian”)
• ẹ̀kọ́ ilé-ìkàwé (“librarianship”)
• ilé-ìkàwé ẹlẹ́rọọkọ̀m̀pútà (“electronic library”)
• ilé-ìkàwée mámùújáde (“reference library”)
• ìmọ̀ ilé-ìkàwé (“librarianship”)

 

References

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