orule
Appearance
Yoruba
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + rù (“to carry one one's head”) + ilé (“house”), literally “The load of the house; that which the house carries on its head”, compare with òrùka
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]òrùlé
Derived terms
[edit]- òrùlé alátà (“pitched roof”)