Abarịṣa
Yoruba edit
Etymology edit
From àba (“father”) + Ọ̀rị̀ṣà (“Orisa (supreme sky deity)”), literally “Father Orisha”, also see àbarị̀ṣà (“rain”). This perhaps suggest that the term "orisha" may originally come for a root for sky or the elements of the sky later associated with a supreme deity.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Àbarị̀ṣà