Wiktionary

Adeyẹmọ

See also: Adeyemo

Yoruba

edit

Etymology

edit

From adé (“crown”) +‎ yẹ (“to befit”) +‎ ọmọ (“child”), literally “A crown befits the child”.

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /ā.dé.jɛ̄.mɔ̃̄/

Proper noun

edit

Adéyẹmọ

  1. a male given name meaning “A crown befits the child”[1][2]
  2. a surname, from the given name Adéyẹmọ

Descendants

edit
  • → English: Adeyemo

References

edit
  1. ^ Antonia Yétúndé Fọlárìn Schleicher (1993 November 24) “Preliminary Lesson: Social Interactions”, in Jẹ́ K'Á Sọ Yorùbá [Let's Speak Yoruba], Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 8
  2. ^ “Adéyẹmọ”, in YorùbáName.com
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Adeyẹmọ&oldid=78811086"