àòrò
noun
/à.ò.ɾò/
àwòrò (alternative), àghòrò (alternative)
Definitions
- a male priest, often the chief priest of a specific orisha or deity; see àòrò Ògún
Etymology
From Proto-Yoruba *à-ɣòrò, from Proto-Edekiri *à-ɣòrò, equivalent to à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ò (“to look”) + rò (“to tell”), literally “The one who looks [at what the orisha say in obì divination] and then tells”
Component words
à-nominalizing prefixòto look
ròto tell
2 entries are spelled “rò”. The etymology calls it “to tell”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
rò
to think
rò
to stir
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “aoro”.
Reference:
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