ajẹpákó
noun
/ā.d͡ʒɛ̄.k͡pá.kó/
Definitions
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person from an unprivileged background; a person that hustles
Opposites
Etymology
From a- (“agent prefix”) + jẹ (“to eat”) + pákó (“wooden plank”), literally “wooden plank eater”
Component words
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alternative form of ajẹbọ́tà (“person from a privileged background”)
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
ajepakoNigerian PidginajekpakoNigerian Pidgin
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ajẹpako”.
Reference:
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