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Yoruba
Etymology
From ụ- (“nominalizing prefix”) + mọ (“to mold”) + alẹ̀ (“the land”), literally “Those who molded the land”, from Proto-Yoruba *ʊ-mãlɛ̀, compare with Itsekiri umalẹ̀, Olukumi ùmàlẹ́, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Edekiri *ʊ-mɔlɛ̀
Pronunciation
Noun
ụmọlẹ̀
- (Ekiti) primordial or ancestral deity; local earth spirit, traditionally associated by the Ekiti people with hills and rivers
- Synonyms: ẹbọra, ọ̀rị̀ṣà
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