babaláwo
noun
/bā.bā.lá.wō/
Definitions
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babalawo (priest of Ifa)
Similar wordsawonoun 4 entries are spelled “awo”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. awo mystery, secret ao alternative form of awo (“secret, that which is secretive”) awó guinea fowl àwo dish, plate onífánounọlọ́rúnmìlànounaláwo
Etymology
From baba (“father”) + oní (“one who has”) + awo (“mystery, secret”), literally “Father of mysteries”.
Component words
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
babalawoEnglishbabalaôPortuguesebabalaoSpanish
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “babalawo”.
Reference:
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