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Yoruba
Etymology
From a- (“agent prefix”) + bá (“to accompany”) + ọba (“monarch”) + kú (“to die”), literally “one who dies with the monarch”.
Pronunciation
Noun
abọ́bakú
- (monarchy, especially in Ọ̀yọ́) the chief, usually a general, that is required to commit ritual suicide to join the ọba (“monarch”) in death