Igalaa

Igala

Etymology

Many folk etymologies exist, the most widespread of them suggests it derives from ìgá (“estate, enclosure”) +‎ álá (“sheep”), literally “Sheep pen”. Another possible origin is from the name Ọ́gáláà, a founder of the Igala people.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /í.ɡá.láà/

Proper noun

Ígáláà

1. Igala (people or ethnicity)
2. Igala (language)
   • 2015 February 12, John Idakwoji, An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN, page 288:

     Ẹ̀ chee gb'Ígáláa?

     Do you understand Igala?

Derived terms

• ánẹ́ Ígáláà (“Igala homeland; Igala kingdom”)
• Àtá Ígáláà (“Attah; the traditional ruler of the Igala people”)
• Ígálámẹ̄la (“The nine ancestral original clans of the Igala”)

Descendants

• → English: Igala
• → Yoruba: Igálà