baale

Yoruba

Etymology

• Possibly from Arabic بَعْل (baʕl, “husband, lord”) or baba (“father”) +‎ ilé (“house”), literally “Father of the house”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bāá.lé/

Noun

baálé

1. husband, head of household

   Synonym: ọkọ

   baálé gbọ́dọ̀ gbọ́ sí ọ̀rọ̀ yìí ― The head of the household must surely hear of this matter!

Derived terms

• baáléelé (“head of the family”)
• baálé-ilé (“family elder, agnatic head of an extended family”)