orimili

See also: Orimili

Igbo

Alternative forms
  • orimiri, osimili, osimiri, oshimiri

Etymology

From Proto-Igboid *ò-cĩ̀-mìɗĩ̀. Cognate with Ekpeye òlìmìnì, Ogbah òzĩ̀mìnì, Ezaa òsùmìnì, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni òsùmìlì.[1] Likely cognate to a name for an ancient Yoruba river Yoruba Ẹ̀sìnmìrìn, see Yoruba omi (“water”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ò.ɾì.mì.lì/

Noun

orimili

  1. any large body of water: an ocean, sea, large river, etc

References
  1. Blench, Roger, Williamson, Kay, Ohiri-Aniche, Chinyere (2013) Comparative Igboid‎
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