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== Ayere == === Etymology === From Yoruba àdòdó, probably from a Central Yoruba dialect. === Noun === adòdó flower === References === Roger Blench, The Ayere and Ahan languages of Central Nigeria and their affinities (2007), page 3 == Yoruba == === Etymology === Cognate with Igala òdòdó and Ayere adòdó === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /à.dò.dó/ === Noun === àdòdó (Ekiti) alternative form of òdòdó (“flower”) (Ekiti, idiomatic) child (used as a term of endearment) Ọlọ́fin Ufẹ̀ jẹ́ kí ń radòdó ṣe èyé o ― Ọlọ́fin of Ifẹ̀, let me have a child I can be a mother to (literally, “Olofin of Ifẹ̀, let me see a flower that I can be a mother to”) (Èkìtì prayer for children) ==== Descendants ==== → Ayere: adòdó