ẹbọ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ebo"
Igala
editEtymology
editCognate with Yoruba ẹbọ, Yoruba ẹbọra and Edo ẹbọ, from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-bɔ̄, equivalent to *ɛ́- (“nominalizing prefix”) + *bɔ (“to worship, to carry a sacrifice”), literally “that which is worshipped”
Pronunciation
editNoun
editẹ́bọ
Derived terms
edit- Ẹ́bọ (“name given to a child dedicated to a deity”)
- ẹ́bọ-ojí (“religious ceremony dedicating a child to a specific divinity”)
- w'ẹ́bọ (“to sacrifice to a divinity”)
- Ádẹ́bọ (“name given to a child dedicated to a deity”)
- Ìchẹbọ (“traditional Igala religion”)
- ògwùchẹ́kwọ̀ (“worshipper of the deities”)
- únyí-ẹbọ (“shrine”)
Related terms
edit- ìbégwú (“ancestral spirit”)
- ìkpàkáchi (“water divinity”)
- Ífá (“deity or divinity of the oracle”)
- Ọ́jọ́ (“Supreme being of Igala religion”)
References
edit- John Idakwoji (2015 February 12) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN
Yoruba
editEtymology
editCognate with Igala ẹ́bọ and Edo ẹbọ, from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-bɔ̄, equivalent to ẹ- (“nominalizing prefix”) + bọ (“to worship, to carry a sacrifice”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editẹbọ
- ritual sacrifice or offering to a deity or divinity
- Synonym: ètùtù
- (by extension, idiomatic) free food
Derived terms
edit- ẹlẹ́bọ
- ẹlẹ́bọlóògùn
- ẹbọra (“deity”)
Categories:
- Igala terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid
- Igala terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid
- Igala terms with IPA pronunciation
- Igala lemmas
- Igala nouns
- igl:Religion
- igl:Igala religion
- Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid
- Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid
- Yoruba terms prefixed with ẹ- (nominalizing prefix)
- Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yoruba lemmas
- Yoruba nouns
- Yoruba idioms
- yo:Religion
- yo:Yoruba religion