aoro
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West Makian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aoro
- a frog
References[edit]
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics (as áoro)
Yoruba[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Yoruba *à-ɣòrò, from Proto-Edekiri *à-ɣòrò, equivalent to à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ò (“to look”) + rò (“to tell”), literally “The one who looks [at what the orisha say in obì divination] and then tells”
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
àòrò
- (Ekiti) a male priest, often the chief priest of a specific orisha or deity; see àòrò Ògún
- Synonym: aláòrò
Derived terms[edit]
Categories:
- West Makian terms with IPA pronunciation
- West Makian lemmas
- West Makian nouns
- mqs:Animals
- Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruba
- Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruba
- Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Edekiri
- Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Edekiri
- Yoruba terms prefixed with a- (nominalizing prefix)
- Yoruba compound terms
- Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yoruba lemmas
- Yoruba nouns
- Ekiti Yoruba
- yo:People
- yo:Yoruba religion