Ilọri

Yoruba

Etymology

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ lọ̀ (“to grind”) +‎ rí (“to see”), literally “Grinding of something resulting in the finding of something else”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ì.lɔ̀.ɾí/

Proper noun

Ìlọ̀rí

  1. a unisex given name, orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá (“predestined name”), given to a child born while their mother was not menstruating
  2. a surname from the given name Ìlọ̀rí
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