Ayélála
name
/ā.jé.lá.lā/
Definitions
- A female orisha of justice and prosecution widely feared for her harsh punishments for those who commit criminal offences. She is believed to have originally been a slave from the town of Ìlàjẹ and was executed for a crime she did not commit, and soon was deified as an orisha upon the discovery of her innocence. Her role as a punisher of criminals is comparable to the role of Orò among the Ẹ̀gbá.
Etymology
Said to be from the phrase ayé yìí mà lá ò (“This world is truly a large problem”), ultimately from ayé (“world”) + lá (“to be big, large”)
* This is believed to come from a phrase Ayélála uttered while on Earth before being executed
Component words
ayéworld
láto be big, large
2 entries are spelled “lá”. The etymology calls it “to be big, large”, 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 “Ayelala”.
Reference:
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