ẹbọ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ebo"

Igala

Etymology

Cognate with Yoruba ẹbọ, Yoruba ẹbọra and Edo ẹbọ, from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-bɔ̄, equivalent to *ɛ́- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ *bɔ (“to worship, to carry a sacrifice”), literally “that which is worshipped”

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ́.bɔ̄/

Noun

ẹ́bọ

  1. divinity, deity, earth spirit; oracle
  2. (modern usage) detective

Derived terms
  • Ẹ́bọ (“name given to a child dedicated to a deity”)
  • ẹ́bọ-ojí (“religious ceremony dedicating a child to a specific divinity”)
  • w'ẹ́bọ (“to sacrifice to a divinity”)
  • Ádẹ́bọ (“name given to a child dedicated to a deity”)
  • Ìchẹbọ (“traditional Igala religion”)
  • ògwùchẹ́kwọ̀ (“worshipper of the deities”)
  • únyí-ẹbọ (“shrine”)
  • ìbégwú (“ancestral spirit”)
  • ìkpàkáchi (“water divinity”)
  • Ífá (“deity or divinity of the oracle”)
  • Ọ́jọ́ (“Supreme being of Igala religion”)

References
  • John Idakwoji (2015 February 12) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN

Yoruba

Etymology

Cognate with Igala ẹ́bọ and Edo ẹbọ, from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-bɔ̄, equivalent to ẹ- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bọ (“to worship, to carry a sacrifice”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̄.bɔ̄/

Noun

ẹbọ

  1. ritual sacrifice or offering to a deity or divinity
    Synonym: ètùtù
  2. (by extension, idiomatic) free food

Derived terms
  • ẹlẹ́bọ
  • ẹlẹ́bọlóògùn
  • ẹbọra (“deity”)
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