ẹbọ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ebo"

Igala

Etymology

Cognate with Yoruba ẹbọ, Yoruba ẹbọra and Edo ẹbọ, from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-bɔ̄, equivalent to *ɛ́- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ *bɔ (“to worship, to carry a sacrifice”), literally “that which is worshipped”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ́.bɔ̄/

Noun

ẹ́bọ

1. divinity, deity, earth spirit; oracle
2. (modern usage) detective

Derived terms

• Ẹ́bọ (“name given to a child dedicated to a deity”)
• ẹ́bọ-ojí (“religious ceremony dedicating a child to a specific divinity”)
• w'ẹ́bọ (“to sacrifice to a divinity”)
• Ádẹ́bọ (“name given to a child dedicated to a deity”)
• Ìchẹbọ (“traditional Igala religion”)
• ògwùchẹ́kwọ̀ (“worshipper of the deities”)
• únyí-ẹbọ (“shrine”)

 

Related terms

• ìbégwú (“ancestral spirit”)
• ìkpàkáchi (“water divinity”)
• Ífá (“deity or divinity of the oracle”)
• Ọ́jọ́ (“Supreme being of Igala religion”)

References

• John Idakwoji (2015 February 12) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN

Yoruba

Etymology

Cognate with Igala ẹ́bọ and Edo ẹbọ, from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-bɔ̄, equivalent to ẹ- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bọ (“to worship, to carry a sacrifice”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.bɔ̄/

Noun

ẹbọ

1. ritual sacrifice or offering to a deity or divinity

   Synonym: ètùtù

2. (by extension, idiomatic) free food

Derived terms

• ẹlẹ́bọ
• ẹlẹ́bọlóògùn
• ẹbọra (“deity”)