ụmọlẹ
Yoruba
Alternative forms
- imọlẹ̀
Etymology
From ụ- (“nominalizing prefix”) + mọ (“to mold”) + alẹ̀ (“the land”), literally “Those who molded the land”, compare with Isekiri umalẹ̀, perhaps from Proto-Yoruboid *ʊ́-mɔlɛ̀
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʊ̄.mɔ̃̄.lɛ̀/
Noun
ụmọlẹ̀
- (Ekiti) primordial or ancestral deity; local earth spirit, traditionally associated by the Ekiti people with hills and rivers
- Synonyms: ẹbọra, ọ̀rị̀ṣà
Derived terms
- ọlụ́mọlẹ̀ (“worshipper of the ụmọlẹ̀”)
- urúmọlẹ̀