ọlọja

Etymology
For the first sense, from, compare with 🇨🇬, for the second sense, from. The semantic shift of from meaning town, village to market seems to have happened after the adoption of ọlọ́jà (king) as a title. Eventually the use of the term as king or monarch has largely been replaced historically by terms like, , and.

Noun

 * 1)  king, monarch
 * 2) head or leader of a market
 * 3) market person; someone who sells at a market
 * 1) market person; someone who sells at a market
 * 1) market person; someone who sells at a market

Usage notes

 * The term ọlọ́jà was widely used as a term for king by most dialects and Yoruboid languages, it now only is still used in that sense by certain Yoruba dialects, in titles of monarchs (see ), and Odu Ifa verses.