Where does “Ọlayinminu” come from?
Ọlayinminu (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba a, from Yoruba gùn — to be long (usually along a horizontal axis).
Ọlayinminu (Yoruba): largely used as a female name
Definitions
- largely used as a female name
Ancestry of “Ọlayinminu”, step by step
Ọlayinminu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Yoruba yìnnù
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoruba | yìnnù | to ignore; to reject, renounce |
| 2 | Portuguese | nù | Obsolete spelling of nu |
via Yoruba mí
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoruba | mí | me first-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a high-tone monosyllabic verb |