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

  1. largely used as a female name

Ancestry of “Ọlayinminu”, step by step

Ọlayinminu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaawe
2Yorubagùnto be long (usually along a horizontal axis)

via Yoruba yìnnù

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubayìnnùto ignore; to reject, renounce
2PortuguesenùObsolete spelling of nu

via Yoruba mí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubamíme first-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a high-tone monosyllabic verb
Every word from Yoruba gùn →Every word from Yoruba a →