agẹmọ

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Yoruba

Agẹmọ

Etymology

Folk etymology states a- (agent prefix) +‎ gẹ̀ (to care for) +‎ ọmọ (children), literally One who cares for children; serving as a nickname for the chameleon in comparison to the more formal term ọ̀gà

Pronunciation

Noun

agẹmọ

  1. chameleon

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - agẹmọ (chameleon)
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Language FamilyVariety GroupVariety/LanguageSubdialectLocationWords
Proto-Itsekiri-SEYSoutheast YorubaEastern ÀkókóÌkàrẹ́Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókóairo, agẹmọ
Ọ̀bàỌ̀bà Àkókóairo
Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeagẹmọ
Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́agẹmọ
Ìkòròdúagẹmọ
Ṣágámùagẹmọ
Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupaariro
OǹdóOǹdóaio
Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀airo
ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹaganma
OlùkùmiUgbódùùgwùmágàlà
Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìariro
Òdè Èkìtìariro
Ìfàkì Èkìtìariro
Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ariro, agẹmọ
Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìariro
Northwest YorubaẸ̀gbáAbẹ́òkútaagẹmọ
ÈkóÈkóagẹmọ
ÌbàdànÌbàdànagẹmọ
ÌlọrinÌlọrinagẹmọ
Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́agẹmọ
Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́agẹmọ
Ìkirèagẹmọ
Ìwóagẹmọ
Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàagẹmọ, alágẹmọ, ọ̀gà
Bɛ̀nɛ̀agɛmɔ
Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbaaríro
Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèKétu/ÀnàgóÌmẹ̀kọọ̀gà
Ifɛ̀Akpáréagema
Atakpaméagema
Est-Monoagema
Tchettiagema
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Baatonum: agama naki
  • Ewe: agama
  • Nupe: gyama