Ileṣa
See also: ilesa
Yoruba edit
Alternative forms edit
- Uléṣà (Ijesha, Ekiti, SEY)
Etymology edit
Original term in the Ijesha dialect is Uléṣà. Several folk etymologies exist, the most prominent being from ulé (“home”) + ṣà (“to choose, to select”), literally “The home that we chose” or ulé (“home”) + òòṣà (“orisha”), literally “Home of the orisha”, compare with Ìjẹ̀ṣà, Ùjẹ̀ṣà
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Iléṣà