nibo

Ojibwe

Verb

nibo (changed conjunct form nebod, reduplicated form nanibo)

1. die

   Mewinzha gii-ikwezensiwiyaan, gaa-nibonid iniw onaabeman a'aw nookomis.

   Long ago, when I was a little girl, my grandmother's husband died.

2. be dead

Conjugation

Conjugation of nibo

Independent	positive	negative
1st person (1s) Niin	ninib	ninibosii(n)
2nd person (2s) Giin	ginib	ginibosii(n)
3rd person (3s) Wiin	nibo	nibosii(n)
Obviative (3')	nibowan	nibosiiwan
Indefinite (X)	nibom	nibosiim
1st person plural exclusive (1p) Niinawind	ninibomin	ninibosiimin
1st person plural inclusive (21) Giinawind	ginibomin	ginibosiimin
2nd person plural (2p) Giinawaa	ginibom	ginibosiim
3rd person plural (3p) Wiinawaa	nibowag	nibosiiwag
Conjunct	positive	negative
1st person (1s) Niin	niboyaan	nibosiwaan
2nd person (2s) Giin	niboyan/yin	nibosiwan/siwin
3rd person (3s) Wiin	nibod	nibosig
Obviative (3')	nibonid	nibosinid/sinig
Indefinite (X)	nibong	nibosing
1st person plural exclusive (1p) Niinawind	niboyaang	nibosiwaang
1st person plural inclusive (21) Giinawind	niboyang/ying	nibosiwang/siwing
2nd person plural (2p) Giinawaa	niboyeg	nibosiweg
3rd person plural (3p) Wiinawaa	nibowaad	nibosiwaad

Derived terms

• nibookaazo (“pretend to be dead”)
• nibooke (“have a death in the family”)
• nibowin (“death”)

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/nibo-vai

Old Irish

Verb

nibo

1. Alternative spelling of níbo

Yoruba

Etymology

Contraction of ní ibo (“at where”). The question could also be formed as ibo ni? which also means where, many other varieties and languages of the Yoruboid dialectal continuum use some other formation to ask this, see the table below.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nĩ́.bō/

Pronoun

níbo

1. (interrogative) where

   Níbo ni àwọn ọmọ yẹn? ― Where are the children?

Usage notes

• An information-seeking question word for the human entity which is always followed by ni

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - níbo (“interrogative where”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	ubo sí
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	ubo sí
				Ìkòròdú	ubo sí
				Ṣágámù	ubo sí
		Ìkálẹ̀		Òkìtìpupa	kí ubo, han
		Oǹdó		Oǹdó	kíbi
		Ọ̀wọ̀		Ọ̀wọ̀	kẹ̀ẹ́
		Usẹn		Usẹn	kẹ̀ẹ́
	Olùkùmi			Ugbódù	kíyore, kíyà
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ibi sí, ubi sí, kàrí, kàríbi
				Òdè Èkìtì	ibi sí, ubi sí, kàrí, kàríbi
				Òmùò Èkìtì	ibi sí, ubi sí, kàrí, kàríbi
				Awó Èkìtì	ibi sí, ubi sí, kàrí, kàríbi
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	kàríbi, kàí, kàrí, kàbí
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	kàbi, kàbi sí, kàbi sín
		Ifẹ̀		Ilé Ifẹ̀	kàbí, ibi sí
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà		Iléṣà	kàrí
		Òkè Igbó		Òkè Igbó	ka ibi, kabi
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì		Èbúté Mẹ́tà	níbo, ibo ni
				Ìgbẹsà	ibu sí
				Ọ̀tà	ibu sí
				Agége	ibu sí
				Ìlogbò Erémi	ibu sí
		Ẹ̀gbá		Abẹ́òkúta	ubo sí
		Èkó		Èkó	níbo, ibo ni
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	níbo, ibo ni
		Ìbàràpá		Igbó Òrà	níbo, ibo ni
		Ìbọ̀lọ́		Òṣogbo	níbo, ibo ni
				Ọ̀fà	níbo, ibo ni
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	níbo, ibo ni
		Oǹkó		Ìtẹ̀síwájú LGA	ńbo ni
				Ìwàjówà LGA	ńbo
				Kájọlà LGA	níbo ni, ńbo ni
				Ìsẹ́yìn LGA	ńbo ni
				Ṣakí West LGA	ńbo ni
				Atisbo LGA	ńbo ni
				Ọlọ́runṣògo LGA	ńbo ni
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	níbo, ibo ni
				Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́	níbo, ibo ni
				Ìkirè	níbo, ibo ni
				Ìwó	níbo, ibo ni
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	níbo, ibo ni
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	níbo, ibo ni
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìyàgbà		Yàgbà East LGA	ibi sí
		Owé		Kabba	ká
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	ńbisí
				Atakpamé	ńbisí
				Est-Mono	ńbisí
				Tchetti	ńbisí
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.