Adedẹwẹ

Yoruba

Etymology

From adé (“royalty, crown”) +‎ dì (“to become”) +‎ ẹ̀wẹ́ (“small, thin”), literally “The crown has become small”, or a- (“agent prefix”) +‎ dé (“to arrive”) +‎ dì (“small, thin”) +‎ ẹ̀wẹ́, literally “The one arrives in a small form”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.dé.dɛ̀.wɛ́/

Proper noun

Adédẹ̀wẹ́

1. a unisex given name meaning “The crown has taken a small thin form” or "The one arrives in a small form."