Difference between revisions of "babalawo"

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etymology:Yoruba

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

babalawo: Person we dey help other persons do juju?

Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
E go meet babalawo make e give am juju. — (He/she went to meet an oraclist for charms.)
- (frequency:4)
If I see christian, if I see babalawo, I go follow am word. — (IBA_07_Na-Love_DG__141, If I see a Christain, if I see a Babalawo, I will talk to him.)
- (frequency:5)
Some of di victims say dem first cari dem go babalawo shrine to swear say dem no go tell police or anybodi wetin dey happen. (bbc__91257, — Some of the victims said that they took them first to a babalawo's shrine to take an oath that they won't tell the police or anyone else about the incident.)

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 ==Naija==
-===Alternative forms===
-* kuami 0.89 7, mettle 0.88 5, julia 0.87 12, teigen 0.87 7, bambam 0.87 11, marouane 0.87 5, davis 0.86 8, desmond 0.86 10, logic 0.86 7
 ===Etymology===
 etymology:Yoruba