Aoolaye

Yoruba

Alternative forms

  • Awóòláyè, Awóláyè

Etymology

From Blend of ao (“oracle, occult, Ifa”) +‎ ò (“negation prefix”) +‎ ní (“to have”) +‎ ayè (“lies”), literally “The Ifa oracle does not lie”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ā.óò.lá.jè/

Proper noun

Aóòláyè

  1. (Ekiti) a male given name meaning “The Ifa oracle does not harbour lies”
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.