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Motúnráyọ̀ audio ⓘ is a female Yoruba name from the Southwestern region of Nigeria. It means "I see joy again" This name is usually given to a child given birth to after a family has gone through a bad event like the death of a child or family member.
The name is derived from the Yoruba words, bàbá – " father " jí –"wake up," and dé –"arrive." Thus, Bàbájídé means "Father has returned" or "Father has awakened." The name is traditionally given to a son born after the death of the father or grandfather, symbolising the return or presence of a paternal figure within the family.
The Yorùbá believe that previous bearers of a name have an impact on the influence of the name in a child's life. Yorùbá names are traditionally classified into five categories: [2] Orúko Àmútọ̀runwá 'Destiny Names', ("names assumed to be brought from heaven" or derived from a religious background). Examples are: Àìná, Ìgè, and ...
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Abidemi audio ⓘ (Abídèmí) is a Nigerian unisex name of Yoruba descent meaning "Born awaiting my return". It is commonly given to a male or female child when the father of the child is away on a trip/journey, Abídèmí falls under one of the categories of names in Yoruba language known as Oruko-Abiso, meaning ascribed/acquired names. [1]
Yoruba given names (1 C, 234 P) Yoruba-language surnames (177 P) Pages in category "Yoruba-language names" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Pablo "Yoruba" Guzmán, one of the founders of the Young Lords Party and a veteran New York City reporter, has died.. He was 73. Guzmán died Sunday of a heart attack, Young Lords co-founder Juan ...
A review of the oral histories around abiku note that: "Such accounts (sometimes they are just hasty definitions) often mix facts about àbíkú with facts about ògbánje; represent àbíkú as homogeneous across time and space; fail to distinguish between popular and expert, official and heretical, indigenous and exogenous discourses of àbíkú; assume that the belief in àbíkú has a ...