ẹbiti

Yoruba

Alternative forms
  • èbìtì (Èkìtì, Ìgbómìnà)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̀.bì.tì/

Noun

ẹ̀bìtì

  1. A traditional Yoruba animal trap, a loaded suspended trap in which there is food under a load of dirt or stone, held by a branch. When the animal goes for the food, it will move the stick, causing the load to fall upon the animal, killing.
    ẹ̀bìtì kò lè pèèrà ― A loaded trap cannot kill an ant
    (proverbial incantation on invincibility)
    bí ẹ̀bìtì yóò bá jà lọ́la, eku tí ó bá pa lónìí, àpagbé ni ― If a loaded trap is going to collapse on something tomorrow, the rat it has killed today, that is irreversible
    (proverb on irreversibility)

Derived terms
  • ẹ̀bìtì-káwọ́-sẹ́yìn-ṣoro
  • ẹlẹ́bìtì
  • ẹ̀bìtì àyà
  • dẹ̀bìtì
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