Iléṣà
name
/ī.lé.ʃà/
Uléṣà (alternative)
Definitions
- Ilesa (a city in Nigeria), the capital city of the Ijesha people.
Etymology
Original term in the Ijesha dialect is Uléṣà. Several folk etymologies exist, the most prominent being from ulé (“home”) + ṣà (“to choose, to select”), literally “The home that we chose” or ulé (“home”) + òòṣà (“orisha”), literally “Home of the orisha”, compare with Ìjẹ̀ṣà, Ùjẹ̀ṣà
Component words
Wiktionary records 2 different ways of breaking this word down. Each line is one of them, not a further part.
uléhomeṣàto choose, to select
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Ileṣa”.
Reference:
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