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Yoruba
Etymology
Folk etymology derived from a local myth states it comes from àjà (“a traditional rattle device”) + pa (“to kill”) + ẹdá (“a type of brown rat”), literally “One who kills a rat with a rattle”. It is said to come from an endurance test Odùduwà presented his descendant Àjàpadà to perform before founding Àkúrẹ́
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Àjàpadà
- (historical) a nickname for the legendary founder of the town of Àkúrẹ́ and descendant of Odùduwà, Aṣọdẹbóyèdé
- (historical) title of the traditional ruler of the Àkúrẹ́ kingdom, replaced with title Déjì.
References
- Smith, Robert S. (1988) Kingdoms of the Yoruba, Nigeria: University of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN