ẹbọ
Igala
Etymology
Cognate with Yoruba ẹbọ, from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-bɔ̄, equivalent to ẹ́- (“nominalizing prefix”) + bọ (“to worship, to carry a sacrifice”), literally “that which is worshipped”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ́.bɔ̄/
Noun
ẹ́bọ
- divinity, deity, earth spirit; oracle
- (modern usage) detective
Derived terms
- Ádẹ́bọ (“name given to a child dedicated to a deity”)
- Ẹ́bọ (“name given to a child dedicated to a deity”)
- ẹ́bọ-ojí (“religious ceremony dedicating a child to a specific divinity”)
- Ìchẹbọ (“traditional Igala religion”)
- ògwùchẹ́kwọ̀ (“worshipper of the deities”)
- únyí-ẹbọ (“shrine”)
- w'ẹ́bọ (“to sacrifice to a divinity”)
Related terms
- ìbégwú (“ancestral spirit”)
- ìkpàkáchi (“water divinity”)
- Ífá (“deity or divinity of the oracle”)
- Ọ́jọ́ (“Supreme being of Igala religion”)
References
- John Idakwoji (February 12, 2015) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN
Yoruba
Etymology
Cognate with Igala ẹ́bọ, from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-bɔ̄, equivalent to ẹ- (“non-gerundive nominalizing prefix”) + bọ (“to worship, to carry a sacrifice”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̄.bɔ̄/
Noun
ẹbọ
- ritual sacrifice or offering to a deity or divinity
- Synonym: ètùtù
- (by extension, idiomatic) free food
Derived terms
- ẹlẹ́bọ
- ẹlẹ́bọlóògùn