ẹbọ

== 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 divinity, deity, earth spirit; oracle (modern usage) detective ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ìbégwú (“ancestral spirit”) ìkpàkáchi (“water divinity”) Ífá (“deity or divinity of the oracle”) Ọ́jọ́ (“Supreme being of Igala religion”) === References === John Idakwoji (12 February 2015), An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN == Isoko == === Noun === ẹbọ (plural ịbọ) dog Synonym: arakọ == 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 ritual sacrifice or offering to a deity or divinity Synonym: ètùtù (by extension, idiomatic) free food ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Portuguese: ebó