Adébáyọ̀
name
/ā.dé.bá.jɔ̀/
Definitions
- a male given name
- a surname, from the given name Adébáyọ̀
Etymology
Either adé (“crown, royalty”) + bá (“to meet”) + ayọ̀ (“joy”), literally “royalty meets joy” or a- (“agent prefix”) + dé (“to arrive”) + bá (“to meet”) + ayọ̀ (“joy”), literally “the one who arrives and is met with joy”.
Component words
Wiktionary records 2 different ways of breaking this word down. Each line is one of them, not a further part.
Descendants
AdebayoEnglish
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Adebayọ”.
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