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Yoruba
Etymology
Said to be from the phrase ayé yìí mà lá ò (“This word is truly a large problem”), ultimately from ayé (“world”) + lá (“to be big, large”)
- This is believed to come from a phrase Ayélála uttered while on Earth before being executed
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ayélála
- A female orisha of justice and prosecution widely feared for her harsh punishments for those who commit criminal offences. She is believed to have originally been a slave from the town of Ìlàjẹ and was executed for a crime she did not commit, and soon was deified as an orisha upon the discovery of her innocence. Her role as a punisher of criminals is comparable to the role of Orò among the Ẹ̀gbá.
Derived terms
- aláyélála (“a priest or priestess of Ayélála”)