ìgbàlà
noun
/ì.ɡ͡bà.là/
اِڠَلَ (alternative)
Definitions
- salvation
Etymology
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + gbàlà (“to save”), ultimately from gbà (“to rescue”) + là (“to survive”), literally “to rescue someone so that they survive”.
Component words
Wiktionary records 2 different ways of breaking this word down. Each line is one of them, not a further part.
ì-nominalizing prefixgbàlàto save
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “igbala”.
Reference:
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