ipin
See also: I-pin
Yoruba
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + pín (“to share out; to divide”), literally “one's lot, one's portion”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ìpín
- the act of dividing something into parts
- portion, division, section
- (drama) act
- share
- destiny, fate (literally "one's life portion")
- (mathematics) quotient
Derived terms
[edit]- Ẹlẹ́rìí ìpín (“nickname for Orunmila”)
- Ìpín (literally “one's personal orisha, orisha of destiny and luck”)
- ìpín-afọ̀ (“paragraph”)
- ìpín-agbàláyè (“quota”)
- ìpín-àṣẹsí-ọ̀tọ̀ọ̀tọ̀ (“separation of powers”)
- ìpín-àṣẹ́-sí-ẹlẹ́kajẹ̀ka (“decentralization”)