Meaning of arọ | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a high-ranking traditional (Ìwàrẹ̀fà) chieftaincy title of many Yoruba towns. The holder of this position usually fulfills religious and ritualistic roles in their respective towns.
2. catfish
3. funnel
4. iron smelting; blacksmithing
5. disabled or handicapped person; cripple
6. cymbal
7. dirge, lamentation; usually during a funeral
8. a type of yam; Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata
9. dye; (in particular) indigo dye
10. blacksmithing
11. dark blue; indigo
    broadly

Examples

“wọ́n ń lu aro”

They are playing the cymbal

“For example, the Àró of Ìlárá-Mọ̀kín is the chief priest of the worship of the deity Àjàlémògún.”

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