Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Yoruba
Other Forms FormsAwóláyè, Awóòláyè, Aóòláè, Aóláè, Aóláyè, Awóláè
Meaning & History
Means "the oracle cannot explain this" or "the oracle cannot lie" in Yoruba, from ao "oracle, occult, Ifa", the negation prefix ò, and ní "to have" combined with either àyè "explanation, understanding" or ayè "lie, falsehood"