aworo
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Papiamentu
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- aweró (alternative spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From Spanish ahora and Portuguese agora both in the meaning of "now".
Pronoun
[edit]aworo
Yoruba
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + wò (“to look”) + rò (“to tell”), literally “One who looks to the orisha and then utters its message”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]àwòrò
- A male priest of the orisha, whom often leads the traditional rituals and sacrifices to a specific orisha.
- Synonyms: aláwòrò, àwòrò òrìṣà, abọrẹ̀, ṣàwòrò-ṣàwòrò, aṣàwòrò
- An executioner, whom specifically serves the orisha Orò as one who kills the live animals brought as sacrifices
- Synonym: àwòrò Orò
Derived terms
[edit]- aláwòrò
- ṣàwòrò (“to perform priestly duties”)
- àwòrò Orò (“Oro priest”)
- àwòrò Ṣàngó (“priest of Shango”)
- àwòrò Èṣù (“Esu priest”)
- àwòrò Ògún (“Ogun priest”)