Ilẹ̀ Adúláwọ̀
name
/ī.lɛ̀ ā.dú.lá.wɔ̀/
Definitions
- Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
Etymology
ilẹ̀ (“land”) + a (“one who”) + dú (“to be black”) + ní (“in”) + àwọ̀ (“skin”), "Land of the people with Black skin."
Component words
ilẹ̀land
aone who
3 entries are spelled “a”. The etymology calls it “one who”, 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/)
dúto be blackníinàwọ̀skin
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Ilẹ Adulawọ”.
Reference:
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