Àjàlá
name
/à.d͡ʒà.lá/
Definitions
- A male oríkì name, meaning "One who fights to survive". or "one who fights to lick."
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an orisha identified as a potter who molds the heads (orí) and forms the consciousness and soul of a human being before birth; he works closely with Ọbàtálá
Àjàlá ni alámọ̀ tí ń mọ orí fún gbogbo ènìyàn Ajala is the potter that molds the heads of all humans
Etymology
à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jà (“to fight”) + lá (“to survive”), literally “One who has fights to survive” or à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jà (“to fight”) + lá (“to lick”), literally “One who fights to lick”
Component words
Wiktionary records 2 different ways of breaking this word down. Each line is one of them, not a further part.
à-nominalizing prefixjàto fight
láto survive
2 entries are spelled “lá”. The etymology calls it “to survive”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
lá
to dream
lá
to lick, including with one's finger
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Ajala”.
Reference:
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