Where does “Soyinka” come from?

Soyinka (English) comes from Yoruba Ṣoyinka, from Yoruba mí — me first-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a high-tone monosyllabic verb.

Ancestry of “Soyinka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YorubaṢoyinkafrom the given name
2Yorubame first-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a high-tone monosyllabic verb

Words derived from “Soyinka

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