Where does “pọfọ” come from?

pọfọ (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba pá — to kill.

pọfọ (Yoruba): to tell an incantation

Definitions

  1. to tell an incantation

Ancestry of “pọfọ”, step by step

pọfọ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubato kill

via Yoruba ọfọ̀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaọfọ̀incantation, spell, curse
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