àlọ́ o!
intj
/à.lɔ́/
Definitions
-
Used by the storyteller to the listeners to introduce a folktale or riddle
Àlọ́ ooo! Àlọ̀ ọ̀ọ̀ọ̀! Àlọ́ ooo! Àlọ̀ ọ̀ọ̀ọ̀! Àlọ́ mi dá fùrù gbá gbòó, ó dá lórí... The introduction to a folktale
Etymology
From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + lọ́ (“to twist, to make confusing”).
Component words
à-nominalizing prefixlọ́to twist, to make confusing
Possibly derived from
Each of these pages lists a word as built from it, spelled a little differently from this one — a different tone mark, or an underdot this word doesn't have.
Tone and underdots are what tell two Yorùbá words apart, so we can't say whether the other page meant this word and mistyped it, or meant a word that has no page here yet.
Writing that word up on Wiktionary settles it. How to help.
lòverb
“lò” lists “alò” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring underdots. It may be a misspelling, or “alò” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
lò
to become bendable or flexible
lóverb
“ló” lists “aló” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring underdots. It may be a misspelling, or “aló” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
ló
to lose interest in something; to become disheartened
Listed as a similar word by
These words list this one in their own definitions. This word does not list them back, so Wiktionary records the link in one direction only.
The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
ìtàkùnnoun
“ìtàkùn” lists “alọ́” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring tone marks. It may be a misspelling, or “alọ́” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
ìtàkùn
climber, creeper; vine
the highly-toxic plant Dichapetalum toxicarium
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “alọ”.
Reference:
en-alọ-yo-intj-NnLHmm9x