Where does “dájú” come from?

dájú (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba ojú, from Yoruba Ọ̀run — the place of origin for all humans where souls (orí) are created, humans return to their individual ọ̀run after death. It does not represent a specific entity or location, every human has their own origin place.

dájú (Yoruba): to be heartless, to be mean

Definitions

  1. to be heartless, to be mean

Ancestry of “dájú”, step by step

dájú traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba ojú

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaojúeye
2YorubaỌ̀runthe place of origin for all humans where souls (orí) are created, humans return to their individual ọ̀run after death. It does not represent a specific entity or location, every human has their own origin place

via Yoruba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubato pour (down or into)

Words derived from “dájú

Every word from Yoruba Ọ̀runEvery word from Yoruba ojú