Echualabi
Pronunciation
Meaning of Echualabi
Among Cuban users, the belief is that it means "the Echu (a deity) that divides births." In Yorùbá language, Ès̩ùlabí means "it is Ès̩ù that we gave birth to. "
Extended Meaning
Used among practitioners of Cuban Òrìṣà tradition, known alternately as Santería, Lucumí, or Regla de Ocha.
Morphology
Ès̩ù-ni-a-bí
Gloss
Ès̩ù - the Yorùbá messenger deityni - is, to be
a - third person pronoun, "we"
bí - to give birth to
Geolocation
Common in:
FOREIGN-GENERAL