Where does “ọfa” come from?

ọfa (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba fà, from Yoruba a, from Yoruba gùn — to be long (usually along a horizontal axis).

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Ancestry of “ọfa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubafàto pull
2Yorubaawe
3Yorubagùnto be long (usually along a horizontal axis)
Every word from Yoruba gùn →Every word from Yoruba a →Every word from Yoruba fà →
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