Ajala

Yoruba

Etymology

à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ jà (“to fight”) +‎ lá (“to survive”), literally “One who has fights to survive” or à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ jà (“to fight”) +‎ lá (“to lick”), literally “One who fights to lick”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.d͡ʒà.lá/

Proper noun

Àjàlá

1. A male oríkì name, meaning "One who fights to survive". or "one who fights to lick."
2. an orisha identified as a potter who molds the heads (orí) and forms the consciousness and soul of a human being before birth; he works closely with Ọbàtálá

   Àjàlá ni alámọ̀ tí ń mọ orí fún gbogbo ènìyàn ― Ajala is the potter that molds the heads of all humans