Where does “imọlara” come from?

imọlara (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba àrà, from Arabic رَعْد — thunder.

imọlara (Yoruba): feeling, emotion

Definitions

  1. feeling, emotion

Ancestry of “imọlara”, step by step

imọlara traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba àrà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaàràbody
2Arabicرَعْدthunder

via Proto-Bantu ì-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix

via Yoruba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yoruba
Every word from Arabic رَعْد