ọlọ́pàá
noun
/ɔ̄.lɔ́.ꜜk͡pá/
Definitions
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police; law enforcer
Used in
Etymology
From oní- (“one who has”) + ọ̀pá (“baton”), literally “one who possesses a baton”, probably referring to the batons the colonial police officers carried.
Component words
oní-one who hasọ̀pábaton
Used in
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.
olókpàáNupeolokpaNigerian PidginalibãPortuguese
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ọlọpaa”.
Reference:
en-ọlọpaa-yo-noun-YSzzcAyf