ẹbọ

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ebo"

Igala

Etymology

Cognate 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

IPA^(key): /ɛ́.bɔ̄/

Noun

ẹ́bọ

divinity, deity, earth spirit; oracle
(modern usage) detective

Derived terms

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

ìbégwú (“ancestral spirit”)
ìkpàkáchi (“water divinity”)
Ífá (“deity or divinity of the oracle”)
Ọ́jọ́ (“Supreme being of Igala religion”)

References

John Idakwoji (2015 February 12) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN

Yoruba

Etymology

Cognate with Igala ẹ́bọ and Edo ẹbọ, from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-bɔ̄, equivalent to ẹ- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bọ (“to worship, to carry a sacrifice”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.bɔ̄/

Noun

ẹbọ

ritual sacrifice or offering to a deity or divinity
Synonym: ètùtù
(by extension, idiomatic) free food

Derived terms

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