Àjàṣẹ́
name
/à.d͡ʒà.ʃɛ́/
Definitions
- a name for several towns in Yorubaland. The towns are often suffixed by a unique identifying term as a way of differentiating them.; Porto-Novo (a city in Benin); Àjàṣẹ́ people, a subgroup of the Yoruba people who live in the town of Porto-Novo and who speak the Àjàṣẹ́ dialect of Yoruba
- a name for several towns in Yorubaland. The towns are often suffixed by a unique identifying term as a way of differentiating them.; Porto-Novo (a city in Benin); The dialect of the Yoruba language spoken in the town of Àjàṣẹ́ (Porto-Novo).
- a name for several towns in Yorubaland. The towns are often suffixed by a unique identifying term as a way of differentiating them.; Ajasse Ipo (a city in Nigeria)
Etymology
From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jà (“to fight”) + ṣẹ́ (“to be victorious”).
Component words
Descendants
Àjàṣẹ́Gun
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Ajaṣẹ”.
Reference:
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