Ayelala

== Yoruba == === Etymology === Said to be from the phrase ayé yìí mà lá ò (“This world is truly a large problem”), ultimately from ayé (“world”) +‎ lá (“to be big, large”) This is believed to come from a phrase Ayélála uttered while on Earth before being executed === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ā.jé.lá.lā/ === Proper noun === Ayélála A female orisha of justice and prosecution widely feared for her harsh punishments for those who commit criminal offences. She is believed to have originally been a slave from the town of Ìlàjẹ and was executed for a crime she did not commit, and soon was deified as an orisha upon the discovery of her innocence. Her role as a punisher of criminals is comparable to the role of Orò among the Ẹ̀gbá. ==== Derived terms ==== aláyélála (“a priest or priestess of Ayélála”)