Iwarẹ

Yoruba

Alternative forms

  • Ị̀àrẹ, Ụ̀àrẹ (Ekiti)
  • Ùwàrẹ (Ijesha)
  • Èghàrẹ, Èwàrẹ (Ondo, Idanre, Ìlàjẹ)

Etymology

From ìwà +‎ rẹ, cognate with Edo Igharẹ, see cognates in other Yoruba-dialects, Ị̀àrẹ, Èghàrẹ, Ùwàrẹ, perhaps from the same root as ààrẹ (“leader, president”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ì.wà.ɾɛ̄/

Proper noun

Ìwàrẹ

  1. the highest class of chiefs in a Yoruba town, the first six makeup a council known as the Ìwàrẹ̀fà
    Synonym: Ìwàrẹ̀fà

Noun

Ìwàrẹ

  1. a high-ranking chief of a Yoruba town; a member of the Ìwàrẹ̀fà council of chiefs

Derived terms

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