babalórìṣà
noun
/bā.bā.ló.ɾì.ʃà/
babalóòṣà (alternative)
Definitions
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A priest of the orisha
Similar wordsOthers in the same set
Etymology
From baba (“father”) + oní (“one who has”) + òrìṣà (“orisha”), literally “A priest of the orisha”.
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.
babalorixáPortuguese
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “babaloriṣa”.
Reference:
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