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Yorùbá Dictionary
apá noun /ā.k͡pá/
ọká (alternative), aká (alternative)
Definitions
  1. arm
    wọ́n gbé apá gangan sí wa They raised their arms in defiance
  2. wing
  3. part, volume
    wọ́n kó apá kan They took one portion
  4. direction, side
    ó dúró sí apá ọ̀dọ̀ọ̀ mi She stood by my side
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 3 entries spelled “apá”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
apá noun · etym. 4 African mahogany tree apá noun · etym. 5 The tree Afzelia pachyloba
Etymology
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-ká. Cognate with Igbo aka (“arm/hand”), Nupe ekpá (“shoulder”), Olukumi áká (“shoulder, wing”), Igala íká (“wing”), possibly a Doublet of èjìká. The root is reconstructed to Proto-Niger-Congo *-ka (“hand”), where it is believed to have held the meaning "five." See Defaka ápá as well.
Used in
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Source: Wiktionary · etymology 3, where this word is spelled “apa”. Reference: en-apa-yo-noun-3ff~Xr2d