"Igalaa" meaning in All languages combined

See Igalaa on Wiktionary

Proper name [Igala]

IPA: /í.ɡá.láà/ Forms: Ígáláà [canonical]
Etymology: Many folk etymologies exist, the most widespread of them suggests it derives from ìgá (“estate, enclosure”) + álá (“sheep”), literally “Sheep pen”. Another possible origin is from the name Ọ́gáláà, a founder of the Igala people. Etymology templates: {{compound|igl|ìgá|álá|lit=Sheep pen|nocat=1|t1=estate, enclosure|t2=sheep}} ìgá (“estate, enclosure”) + álá (“sheep”), literally “Sheep pen” Head templates: {{head|igl|proper noun|head=Ígáláà}} Ígáláà
  1. Igala (people or ethnicity)
    Sense id: en-Igalaa-igl-name-7jqv3~Ze
  2. Igala (language) Categories (topical): Ethnonyms, Languages
    Sense id: en-Igalaa-igl-name-t3ddE9O6 Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 43 57 Disambiguation of Languages: 30 70 Categories (other): Igala entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Igala entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ánẹ́ Ígáláà (english: Igala homeland; Igala kingdom), Àtá Ígáláà (english: Attah; the traditional ruler of the Igala people), Ígálámẹ̄la (english: The nine ancestral original clans of the Igala)
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      "word": "ánẹ́ Ígáláà"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Attah; the traditional ruler of the Igala people",
      "word": "Àtá Ígáláà"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "The nine ancestral original clans of the Igala",
      "word": "Ígálámẹ̄la"
    }
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      "text": "→ English: Igala"
    },
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          "args": {
            "1": "yo",
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          "expansion": "→ Yoruba: Igálà",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yoruba: Igálà"
    }
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          "english": "Do you understand Igala?",
          "ref": "2015 February 12, John Idakwoji, An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN, page 288:",
          "text": "Ẹ̀ chee gb'Ígáláa?",
          "type": "quote"
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      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/í.ɡá.láà/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Igalaa"
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      "word": "ánẹ́ Ígáláà"
    },
    {
      "english": "Attah; the traditional ruler of the Igala people",
      "word": "Àtá Ígáláà"
    },
    {
      "english": "The nine ancestral original clans of the Igala",
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    }
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      ],
      "text": "→ English: Igala"
    },
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            "bor": "1"
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      ],
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    }
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        "t2": "sheep"
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  ],
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