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Yorùbá Dictionary
alápatà noun /ā.lá.ꜜk͡pā.tà/
Definitions
  1. butcher
Etymology
From oní- (“one who has”) + à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + pa (“to kill; butcher”) + tà (“to sell”), literally “one who butchers to sell”
Component words
oní-one who hasà-nominalizing prefixpato kill; butchertàto sell
Source: Wiktionary, where this word is spelled “alapata”. Reference: en-alapata-yo-noun-ATA9O-sW