baale
Yoruba
Etymology
- Possibly from Arabic بَعْل (baʿl, “husband, lord”)
- Possibly from baba (“father”) + oní (“one who has”) + ilé (“house”), literally “Father of the house”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bāá.lé/
Noun
baálé
- husband, head of household
- Synonym: ọkọ
- baálé gbọ́dọ̀ gbọ́ sí ọ̀rọ̀ yìí ― The head of the household must surely hear of this matter!
Derived terms
- baáléelé (“head of the family”)
- baálé-ilé (“family elder, agnatic head of an extended family”)