Alẹ́yẹmí
Meaning of Alẹ́yẹmí
My old age has befitted me; I have seen great honor in my old age.
Extended Meaning
Given to me my great-grandmother in Ikire, present day Osun State; disturbed by the Àbíkú phenomenon before the stay of my grandmother who birthed 3 children (my dad is the first) before she also died. I was born the second to my sister, Iyabo. This growth in lineage was what made my great-grandmother name me Alẹ́yẹmí - thankful for continued procreation and preservation of her lineage.
Morphology
alẹ́-yẹ-mí
Gloss
| Part | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alẹ́ | night, old age |
| yẹ | be respectable, be befitting of |
| mí | me |
Geolocation
Common in:
OSUN
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