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Yorùbá Dictionary
ìkọlà noun /ì.kɔ̄.là/
Definitions
  1. the act of giving a child tribal marks
  2. Yoruba tribal marks
  3. circumcision broadly
Etymology
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + kọ (“to write”) + ilà (“lines, marks”).
Component words
ì-nominalizing prefixkọto writeilàlines, marks
Source: Wiktionary, where this word is spelled “ikọla”. Reference: en-ikọla-yo-noun-CSIK52O3