aafin

Yoruba

Ilẹ̀kùn ààfin láti Ìsẹ̀.

Ẹnu-ọ̀nà ààfin Ọ̀yọ́.

Alternative forms

• ọfin
• àọ̀fịn (Èkìtì)
• àghọ̀fẹn (Oǹdó, Ọ̀wọ̀)

Etymology

Cognates include Itsekiri àghọ̀fẹn, Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba àwọ̀fi. Proposed to be derived Proto-Yoruba *à-wɔ̀fɪ̃, from Proto-Edekiri *à-ɣɔ̀fɪ̃. The Proto-Yoruboid term is unclear, see Igala éfọfẹ (“palace”), Igala ọ́fẹ (“chieftaincy title”). Here we see a shifting of /ɣ/ and /w/ to /f/ or vice versa, which, while it is not clear which direction that sound change may have taken, is seen in other Yoruboid or Edekiri cognates, see ehoro vs. afolo and ọ̀fàfà vs. awàwà. See perhaps ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *á-fɔ̀fɪ̃, *ɛ́-fɔ̀fɪ̃ or Proto-Yoruboid *á-ɣɔ̀fɪ̃, *ɛ́-ɣɔ̀fɪ̃. Also see Proto-Yoruboid *-fɪ̃ (“root relating to royalty or nobility”). Likely a Doublet of Ọlọ́fịn, Doublet of ọfịn, Doublet of Ọ̀dọ̀fin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /àà.fĩ̄/

Noun

ààfin

1. palace

   Synonym: ilé ọba

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ààfin (“palace”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	àwọ̀fi
		Ìkálẹ̀	Òkìtìpupa	àghọ̀fẹn
		Ìlàjẹ	Mahin	àghọ̀fẹn
		Oǹdó	Oǹdó	àghọ̀fẹn
		Ọ̀wọ̀	Ọ̀wọ̀	àghọ̀fẹn
	Ìtsẹkírì		Ìwẹrẹ	àghọ̀fẹn
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	àọ̀fịn
			Àkùrẹ́	àọ̀fịn
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì	Èbúté Mẹ́tà	ààfin
		Ìbàdàn	Ìbàdàn	ààfin
		Ìlọrin	Ìlọrin	ààfin
		Ọ̀yọ́	Ọ̀yọ́	ààfin
		Standard Yorùbá	Nàìjíríà	ààfin
			Bɛ̀nɛ̀	ààfin

Derived terms

• Aláàfin
• ìyáàfin