Boitumelo
African Tswana unisex name, derived from the word boitumelo, meaning "joy." (Secwana Dictionary: Secwana-English and English-Secwana, Brown, 1895).
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Ife
African Yoruba name, derived from the vocabulary word ifẹì, meaning "love." (A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language, Vidal, 1852)
The Alafins of Oyo acknowledge that from the Oni of Ife they receive their right of accession to the throne. Before the division of the Yoruba family into independent tribes, Ife was the royal city, and the Alafin the real head of the race. (The Romance of Missions in Nigeria, Pinnock, 1917) |
