Where does “àlà” come from?

àlà (Yoruba) comes from Proto-Nguni lá-, from Yoruba ẹ̀-.

àlà (Yoruba): purity, white cloth, a symbol of the god Ọbatala

Definitions

  1. purity, white cloth, a symbol of the god Ọbatala

Ancestry of “àlà”, step by step

àlà traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Nguni lá-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Ngunilá-Class 5 possessive concord
2Yorubaẹ̀-—

via Proto-Bantu à-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuà-Class 1 subject concord

Words derived from “àlà”

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