Where does “Ajala” come from?

Ajala (Yoruba) comes from Proto-Nguni lá-, from Yoruba ẹ̀-.

Ajala (Yoruba): or "one who fights to lick."

Definitions

  1. or "one who fights to lick."

Ancestry of “Ajala”, step by step

Ajala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Nguni lá-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Ngunilá-Class 5 possessive concord
2Yorubaẹ̀-—

via Yoruba a

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