iwaju
Yoruba
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom iwá (“front”) + ojú (“face”).[1] Compare with Ifè iwádzú, Olukumi úgwázú, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *ʊ-gʷájú, from Proto-Edekiri *ʊ-gʷájú
Pronunciation
editNoun
editiwájú
Derived terms
edit- níwájú (“in front”)
- síwájú (“forwards”)
- ṣáájú
- tẹ̀ síwájú (“to progress/advance”)
- ìtẹ̀síwájú (“progress”)
References
edit- ^ Ogunwale, Joshua Abiodun (2005) “Problems of Lexical Decomposition: The Case of Yoruba Complex Verbs”, in Nordic Journal of African Studies 14[1], archived from the original on 24 June 2021