Igalaa

Igala

Etymology

Many folk etymologies exist, the most widespread of them suggests it derives from ìgá (estate, enclosure) + álá (sheep), literally Sheep pen. Another possible origin is from the name Ọ́gáláà, a founder of the Igala people.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /í.ɡá.láà/

Proper noun

Ígáláà

  1. Igala (people or ethnicity)
  2. Igala (language)
    • 2015 February 12, John Idakwoji, An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN, page 288:
      Ẹ̀ chee gb'Ígáláa?
      Do you understand Igala?

Derived terms

  • ánẹ́ Ígáláà (Igala homeland; Igala kingdom)
  • Àtá Ígáláà (Attah; the traditional ruler of the Igala people)
  • Ígálámẹ̄la (The nine ancestral original clans of the Igala)

Descendants

  • English: Igala
  • Yoruba: Igálà
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