tọ́jú
verb
/tɔ́.d͡ʒú/
توَْجُ (alternative)
Definitions
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to care for, to protect
Similar wordsrèverb 4 entries are spelled “rè”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. rè to go rè to be rè to roast rè to nurse, to give specific attention to something or someoneUsed inìtọ́jú
Etymology
From tọ́ (“to raise well”) + ojú (“eye, face”).
Component words
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.
tɔ́júGuntɔ́júFon
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “tọju”.
Reference:
en-tọju-yo-verb-RbahsVZH