Type Word Usage Yoruba Meaning & History Yoruba word meaning "white cloth" [1]. Related ItemsDetails Given Name DescendantỌbatala(Yoruba Mythology) Same Spellingʿala, ʿalā, ʿalāʾ, ala 1, ala 2 Sources & References A Dictionary of the Yoruba Language. Church Missionary Society Bookshop, 1913, page 31.