ìsààró
noun
/ì.sàà.ɾó/
Definitions
- A form of Yoruba oral poetry and ceremony performed at Ọ̀yọ́ Yoruba funerals of elderly women. It is usually lead by the head, or alágbaa, of a family worshipping the ọ̀jẹ̀ class of egúngún.
Etymology
ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ṣí (“to open, to remove”) + àáró (“the stand of a cooking pot”), literally “To remove the stand of a cooking pot (that belonged to the elderly women who has died)”
Component words
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “isaaro”.
Reference:
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