agẹmọ
noun
/ā.ɡɛ̄.mɔ̃̄/
spelling unconfirmed
Definitions
- chameleon
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
Descendants
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Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “agẹmọ”.
Reference:
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