# agẹmọ
## Yoruba
### Etymology

Folk etymology states a- (“agent prefix”) +‎ gẹ̀ (“to care for”) +‎ ọmọ (“children”), literally “One who cares for children”; serving as a nickname for the chameleon in comparison to the more formal term ọ̀gà

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.ɡɛ̄.mɔ̃̄/

### Noun

agẹmọ
* chameleon

#### Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - agẹmọ (“chameleon”) :
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó | airo, agẹmọ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | agẹmọ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìkòròdú | agẹmọ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ṣágámù | agẹmọ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | agẹmọ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìkálẹ̀ | Òkìtìpupa | ariro |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | aio |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ọ̀wọ̀ | Ọ̀wọ̀ | airo |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | aganma |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | ùgwùmágàlà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ariro |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àkúrẹ́ | ariro, agẹmọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Òdè Èkìtì | ariro |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ariro |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | agẹmọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Èkó | Èkó | agẹmọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | agẹmọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | agẹmọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | agẹmọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ | agẹmọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ìkirè | agẹmọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ìwó | agẹmọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | agẹmọ, alágẹmọ, ọ̀gà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | agɛmɔ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Kabba | aríro |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | agema |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Atakpamé | agema |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Est-Mono | agema |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Tchetti | agema |
| Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo. |||||

#### Derived terms

* Agẹmọ (“a deity worshipped by the Ijebu”)
* alágẹmọ (“chameleon”)

#### Descendants

* → Baatonum: agama naki
* → Ewe: agama
** → Sranan Tongo: agama
*** → English: agama
* → Nupe: gyama