iwaju
Appearance
Yoruba
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From iwá (“front”) + ojú (“face”).[1] Compare with Ifè iwádzú, Olukumi úgwázú, Itsekiri ugwájú, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *ʊ-gʷájú, from Proto-Edekiri *ʊ-gʷájú
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]iwájú
Derived terms
[edit]- níwájú (“in front”)
- síwájú (“forwards”)
- ṣáájú
- tẹ̀ síwájú (“to progress/advance”)
- ìtẹ̀síwájú (“progress”)
References
[edit]- ^ Ogunwale, Joshua Abiodun (2005) “Problems of Lexical Decomposition: The Case of Yoruba Complex Verbs”, in Nordic Journal of African Studies 14[1], archived from the original on 24 June 2021