Etymology[edit]
From Ààrẹ ọ̀nà kakaǹfò (“The commander of the passage way with full military force”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /àà.ɾɛ̄.ɔ̀.nã̀.kā.kā.ŋ̀.fò/
Proper noun[edit]
Ààrẹ-ọ̀nà-kakaǹfò
- The title of the highest ranking chief in Yorubaland. Historically, he was the commander of the Ọ̀yọ́ empire's military.
- The title is born by people not from the town of Ọ̀yọ́, as a way of preventing the possibility of him overthrowing the Aláàfin.
