Where does “ipalara” come from?

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

ipalara (Yoruba): injury; negative side effect

Definitions

  1. injury; negative side effect

Ancestry of “ipalara”, step by step

ipalara 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