Aṣíwájú
name
/ā.ʃí.wá.d͡ʒú/
Definitions
- A traditional chieftaincy title
Etymology
From aṣiwájú (“leader”), from a (“agent prefix”) + ṣí (“to open”) + iwájú (“the front”), literally “One who leads from the front”.
Component words
aagent prefix
3 entries are spelled “a”. The etymology calls it “agent prefix”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
a
The first letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called á and written in the Latin script.
a
we (first-person plural personal subject pronoun)
a
him, her, it (third-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a high-tone /a/)
ṣíto openiwájúthe front
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Aṣiwaju”.
Reference:
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