Where does “a dupẹ” come from?

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

a dupẹ (Yoruba): thank you; I'm grateful

Definitions

  1. thank you; I'm grateful

Ancestry of “a dupẹ”, step by step

a dupẹ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba a

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

via Yoruba dúpẹ́

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubadúpẹ́—
Every word from Yoruba gùn →