ìlà
noun
/ì.là/
Definitions
- mark
- partition
- line
- traditional facial marks which were typically given to people when they were children. They were, and in some cases still are, used as a form of identification of ethnicity and group of origin, as well as a form of self-beautification.
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Etymology
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + là (“to cut, to divide, to separate, to slice”)
Component words
ì-nominalizing prefixlàto cut, to divide, to separate, to slice
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Yoruba tribal marks
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 2,
where this word is spelled “ila”.
Reference:
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