"Ìpalára" túmò sí ...?

This question tests understanding of the meaning of a specific Yoruba noun built from a verb phrase describing physical harm.

"Ìpalára" is formed from the verb phrase "pa ara ... lára," to cause harm or injury to a body, and functions as the noun for that harm, that is, an injury or wound sustained by a person. This is why it corresponds most closely to the term describing the state of having been physically hurt, rather than to an accusation directed at someone, to hair or bodily irritation, or to general weakness or illness, which describes a different, non-injury condition of the body.

Distinguishing "ìpalára" from a word for sickness matters because Yoruba, like many languages, has separate vocabulary for damage caused by an external event, such as a fall or a blow, and for illness arising internally, such as fever. The question is testing that a candidate keeps these two categories apart.

When a Yoruba vocabulary question gives a compound built around "ara," body, check first whether the compound describes an external injury or an internal state of health, since these are frequently confused.