Adeyẹmọ

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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
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