atẹjiṣẹ

Yoruba

FWOTD – 28 September 2022

Etymology

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ tẹ̀ (“to type”) +‎ jẹ́ (“to send, deliver”) +‎ iṣẹ́ (“a message”), literally “that which is sent and delivered”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.tɛ̀.d͡ʒí.ʃɛ́/

Noun

àtẹ̀jíṣẹ́

1. (neologism) text message

   Synonym: àtẹ̀ránṣẹ́

   • 2015, Dayo Akanmu, quoting Bàṣírù Àdìsá reading a text message from an eyewitness for the program Lójú Pópó (on the road) on Fàájì 105.6 FM Lagos, “New Yoruba Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions: A New Mode of Communicating New Concepts and Ideas on Radio”, in Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism, volume 5, number 1, School of Languages, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Nigeria, →DOI:

     Àtẹ̀jíṣé tí a sẹ̀sẹ̀ gbà láti ọwọ́ ọmọ Nàìjíríà rere kan fi yé wa pé súnkẹrẹrẹ-fàkẹrẹrẹ ọkọ̀ wà láti Ajégúnlẹ̀ sí Mile Two pọ̀ díẹ̀ nítorí òjò tí ó rọ̀.

     The text message we have just received from a good citizen of Nigeria informed us that there was a serious traffic jam from Ajégúnlẹ̀ to Mile Two because of the rain.

References

• Akanmu, Dayo (2015) “New Yoruba Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions: A New Mode of Communicating New Concepts and Ideas on Radio”, in Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism‎^[1], volume 5, number 1, School of Languages, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Nigeria, →DOI