agẹmọ
noun
/ā.ɡɛ̄.mɔ̃̄/
spelling unconfirmed
Definitions
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chameleon
Used inAgẹmọnamealágẹmọ
Etymology
Folk etymology states a- (“agent prefix”) + gẹ̀ (“to care for”) + ọmọ (“children”), literally “One who cares for children”; serving as a nickname for the chameleon in comparison to the more formal term ọ̀gà
Component words
Dialectal synonyms “chameleon” 32 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó (Ùkàrẹ́)
- airoagẹmọ
- Ọ̀bà Àkókó
- airo
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- agẹmọ
- Ẹ̀pẹ́
- agẹmọ
- Ìkòròdú
- agẹmọ
- Ṣágámù
- agẹmọ
- Òkìtìpupa
- ariro
- Oǹdó
- aio
- Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)
- airo
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- aganma
Olùkùmi
- Ugbódù
- ùgwùmágàlà
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- ariro
- Òdè Èkìtì
- ariro
- Ìfàkì Èkìtì
- ariro
- Àkúrẹ́
- ariroagẹmọ
- Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì
- ariro
Northwest Yoruba
- Abẹ́òkúta
- agẹmọ
- Èkó
- agẹmọ
- Ìbàdàn
- agẹmọ
- Ìlọrin
- agẹmọ
- Ọ̀yọ́
- agẹmọ
- Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́)
- agẹmọ
- Ìkirè
- agẹmọ
- Ìwó
- agẹmọ
- Nàìjíríà
- agẹmọalágẹmọọ̀gà
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- agɛmɔ
Northeast Yoruba/Okun
- Kabba
- aríro
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Ìmẹ̀kọ
- ọ̀gà
- Akpáré
- agema
- Atakpamɛ
- agema
- Est-Mono
- agema
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- agema
Listed as a similar word by
These words list this one in their own definitions. This word does not list them back, so Wiktionary records the link in one direction only.
The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
chameleon
chameleon
chameleon
chameleon
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.
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Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “agẹmọ”.
Reference:
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