Àtẹ́wọ́lará

Pronunciation

Meaning of Àtẹ́wọ́lará

The palm is your kin.

Extended Meaning

The general implication of this name is that hard work pays. And by hard work, since Yorùbá traditional cultures were agrarian, they mean 'farm work' which is done with the hands/palms. In other words, even if you have no one, you will always have your hands as kin, and that will get you through everything.

Morphology

Àtẹ́wọ́-l(ni)-ará

Gloss

àtẹ́wọ́ - The palm of the hands
li (ni) - is
ará - kith and kin, relation, relatives

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Variants

Lará

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