Aláàfin
name
/ā.láà.fĩ̄/
Aláọ̀fịn (alternative)
Definitions
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The monarch of Oyo, and historically of the Oyo Empire.
Related wordsàọ̀fịnnoun 3 entries are spelled “àọ̀fịn”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. àọ̀fịn palace àghọ̀fẹn palace ààfin palace àọ̀fịnnoun 3 entries are spelled “àọ̀fịn”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. àọ̀fịn palace àghọ̀fẹn palace ààfin palace àọ̀fịnnoun 3 entries are spelled “àọ̀fịn”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. àọ̀fịn palace àghọ̀fẹn palace ààfin palace
Etymology
From Contraction of Aláwọ̀fin, equivalent to oní- (“one who, owner”) + ààfin (“palace”), literally “Owner of the palace”, ultimately from oní- (“one who, owner”) + à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + wọ̀ (“to enter”) + ọ̀fin (“palace, royalty”), literally “Owner of the entering of royalty; Owner of the entering of the palace”
Component words
Wiktionary records 2 different ways of breaking this word down. Each line is one of them, not a further part.
oní-one who, ownerààfinpalace
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.
alafimPortugueseAlaafinEnglish
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Alaafin”.
Reference:
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