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Yoruba
Etymology
Folk etymology started it comes from àwo (“plate”) + ti (“has”) + rì (“sink”), literally “The plate has sunk”.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Àwórì
- Awori tribe, a subgroup of the Yoruba people, the original inhabitants of Lagos, and who speak the Àwórì dialect
- A dialect of the Yoruba language
- Synonym: Ẹ̀yọ̀