Adédẹ̀wẹ́
name
/ā.dé.dɛ̀.wɛ́/
Definitions
- a unisex given name meaning “The crown has taken a small thin form” or "The one arrives in a small form."
Etymology
From adé (“royalty, crown”) + dì (“to become”) + ẹ̀wẹ́ (“small, thin”), literally “The crown has become small”, or a- (“agent prefix”) + dé (“to arrive”) + dì (“small, thin”) + ẹ̀wẹ́, literally “The one arrives in a small form”
Component words
Wiktionary records 2 different ways of breaking this word down. Each line is one of them, not a further part.
adéroyalty, crown
dìto become
3 entries are spelled “dì”. The etymology calls it “to become”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
dì
to bind, to fasten, to tie up
dì
to coagulate, to solidify
dì
to win a game
ẹ̀wẹ́small, thin
a-agent prefixdéto arrive
dìsmall, thin
3 entries are spelled “dì”. The etymology calls it “small, thin”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
dì
to bind, to fasten, to tie up
dì
to coagulate, to solidify
dì
to win a game
ẹ̀wẹ́
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Adedẹwẹ”.
Reference:
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