Akurẹ

See also: Akure

Yoruba

Etymology

A widely known folk etymology popularized by Akure king Adesida I states it comes from àkún (“royal beads”) +‎ rẹ́ (“to fall, to snap”), literally “The place where the beads snapped”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /à.kú.ɾɛ́/

Proper noun

Àkúrẹ́

  1. Akure (a city in Nigeria)
  2. (historical) the Àkúrẹ́ kingdom
  3. A subgroup of the Èkìtì people
  4. A subdialect of the Èkìtì dialect spoken by the people of Àkúrẹ́ and its surrounding towns (sometimes categorized as a distinct dialect of Yoruba)

Descendants
  • → English: Akure
  • → Edo: Ẹkuẹ
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