ile-ikawe

Yoruba
Ilé-ìkàwé

Alternative forms

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, volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN
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