Ajala
Yoruba edit
Etymology edit
à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jà (“to fight”) + lá (“to survive”), literally “One who has fights to survive” or à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jà (“to fight”) + lá (“to lick”), literally “One who fights to lick”
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Àjàlá
- A male oríkì name, meaning "One who fights to survive". or "one who fights to lick."
- an orisha identified as a potter who molds the heads (orí) and forms the consciousness and soul of a human being before birth; he works closely with Ọbàtálá
- Àjàlá ni alámọ̀ tí ń mọ orí fún gbogbo ènìyàn ― Ajala is the potter that molds the heads of all humans