Adéṣínà
name
/ā.dé.ʃí.nã̀/
Definitions
- a male given name meaning “Royalty has opened the way or One who comes and opens the way”
- a surname, from the given name Adéṣínà
Etymology
Either adé (“royalty, crown”) + ṣí (“to open”) + ọ̀nà (“path, road”), literally “Royalty has opened the way” or a- (“agent prefix”) + dé (“to arrive”) + ṣí (“to meet”) + ọ̀nà (“joy”), literally “The one who comes and opens the way”, usually given to the first child born to a family (who "opens" the way for more children to follow).
Component words
Wiktionary records 2 different ways of breaking this word down. Each line is one of them, not a further part.
a-agent prefixdéto arrive
ṣíto meet
3 entries are spelled “ṣí”. The etymology calls it “to meet”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
ṣí
to open
ṣí
to leach
ṣí
The name of the Latin script letter Ṣ/ṣ.
ọ̀nàjoy
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Adeṣina”.
Reference:
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