àwòrò
noun
/à.wò.ɾò/
àòrò (alternative), àghòrò (alternative)
Definitions
- A male priest of the orisha, whom often leads the traditional rituals and sacrifices to a specific orisha.
- An executioner, whom specifically serves the orisha Orò as one who kills the live animals brought as sacrifices
Etymology
From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + wò (“to look”) + rò (“to tell”), literally “One who looks to the orisha and then utters its message”.
Component words
à-nominalizing prefixwòto 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
Used in
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “aworo”.
Reference:
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