Adéyẹmí
name
/ā.dé.jɛ̄.mĩ́/
Definitions
- a unisex given name meaning “Royalty befits me”
- a surname, from the given name Adéyẹmí
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “Adéyẹmí”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Etymology
From Blend of adé (“crown, royalty”) + yẹ (“to befit”) + mí (“me”), literally “Royalty befits me”.
Component words
Related words
YẹmíDéyẹmí
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
AdeyemiEnglish
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “Adeyẹmi”.
Reference:
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