aroko

== Yoruba == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /à.ɾō.kò/ === Noun === àrokò In traditional Yoruba society, a symbolic message sent as a form of communication between two entities. The purpose of the àrokò was to send a secret message in which only the two entities communicating would understand what the contents of the àrokò meant. Tí obìnrin tàbí ọkùnrin bá ránṣẹ́ òòyà bí àrokò sẹ́ni kejì wọn, ó túmọ̀ sí pé wọ́n fẹ́ pínyà ipò tọkọtaya ― If a man or a woman sends a comb as a symbolic message, it means that they intend to separate from their marriage Baṣọ̀run Gáà fi ẹyin oódẹ pàrokò ránṣẹ́ sí Aláàfin ― Basorun Gaa used a parrot egg as a symbolic message to the Alaafin. (This symbolic message means that the Alaafin should either abdicate or commit ritual suicide) symbol, sign Synonym: àmì ==== Derived terms ==== èdè alárokò (“coded or symbolic language”) pàrokò (“to send a symbolic message”)