Àkúrẹ́
name
/à.kú.ɾɛ́/
Definitions
- Akure (a city in Nigeria)
- the Àkúrẹ́ kingdom
- A subgroup of the Èkìtì people
- A subdialect of the Èkìtì dialect spoken by the people of Àkúrẹ́ and its surrounding towns (sometimes categorized as a distinct dialect of Yoruba)
Etymology
A widely known folk etymology popularized by Akure king Adesida I states it comes from àkún (“royal beads”) + rẹ́ (“to fall, to snap”), literally “The place where the beads snapped”.
Component words
àkúnroyal beadsrẹ́to fall, to snap
Descendants
AkureEnglishẸkuẹEdo
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Akurẹ”.
Reference:
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