arò
noun
/ā.ɾò/
Definitions
-
dirge, lamentation; usually during a funeral
Used inìdáròRelated wordsPossibly related wordsìgbálánoun Wiktionary points at “ìgbálá”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “ìgbàlà”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “ìgbálá” may be a word nobody has written up yet. ìgbàlà salvation
Etymology
From a- (“nominalizing prefix”) + rò (“to say, to lament”)
Component words
a-nominalizing prefix
ròto say, to lament
2 entries are spelled “rò”. The etymology calls it “to say, to lament”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
rò
to think
rò
to stir
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 2,
where this word is spelled “aro”.
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