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Igala
Etymology
Many folk etymologies exist, the most widespread of them suggests it derives from ìgá (“estate, enclosure”) + álá (“sheep”), literally “Sheep pen”. Another possible origin is from the name Ọ́gáláà, a founder of the Igala people.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ígáláà
- Igala (people or ethnicity)
- Igala (language)
2015 February 12, John Idakwoji, An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN, page 288:Ẹ̀ chee gb'Ígáláa?- Do you understand Igala?
Derived terms
- ánẹ́ Ígáláà (“Igala homeland; Igala kingdom”)
- Àtá Ígáláà (“Attah; the traditional ruler of the Igala people”)
- Ígálámẹ̄la (“The nine ancestral original clans of the Igala”)
Descendants