Ọbaala

Yoruba

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ̄.bāá.lá/

Noun

Ọbaálá

  1. (Ekiti) A senior chieftancy and aristocratic title in the royal council of many kingdoms of the Central Yoruba subgroups, namely: the Igbomina, Ijẹṣa and Ekiti sub-ethnics, often the second or third ranking person in a town or kingdom.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.