imọlẹ

• ụmọlẹ̀ (Èkìtì)

i- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ mọ (“to mold, to shape”) +‎ ilẹ̀ (“land”), literally “The creators of the land”, compare with Itsekiri umalẹ̀, if the term existed in Proto-Yoruboid, perhaps it was Proto-Yoruboid *ʊ́-mɔlɛ̀

• IPA^(key): /ī.mɔ̃̄.lɛ̀/

imọlẹ̀

1. god, earth deity or spirit; ancient ancestor (that are worshipped)

   Synonyms: ẹbọra, alálẹ̀, ọ̀ọ̀ṣà, òrìṣà

   Àjàlémògún jẹ́ imọlẹ̀ tí ìlú Ìlárá-Mọ̀kín ― Àjàlémògún is the patron earth spirit of the town of Ilara-Mokin

2. (by extension) primordial spirits or energies in Ìṣẹ̀ṣe. The first four hundred and one of these spirits who were sent to Earth are regarded as the irúnmọlẹ̀.

   Synonyms: irúnmọlẹ̀, òrìṣà

• ugbómọlẹ̀ (“forbidden forest, forest inhabited by the imọlẹ̀”)
• abọmọlẹ̀
• ilé-imọlẹ̀
• irúnmọlẹ̀

• òrìṣà
• ẹbọra

ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ mọ́lẹ̀ (“to shine, to light, to brighten, to make clear”)

• ụ̀mọ́lẹ̀ (Èkìtì)

• IPA^(key): /ì.mɔ̃́.lɛ̀/

ìmọ́lẹ̀

1. light, brightness, glow