Ajapada

Folk etymology derived from a local myth states it comes from àjà (“a traditional rattle device”) +‎ pa (“to kill”) +‎ ẹdá (“a type of brown rat”), literally “One who kills a rat with a rattle”. It is said to come from an endurance test Odùduwà presented his descendant Àjàpadà to perform before founding Àkúrẹ́

• IPA^(key): /à.d͡ʒà.k͡pā.dà/

Àjàpadà

1. (historical) a nickname for the legendary founder of the town of Àkúrẹ́ and descendant of Odùduwà, Aṣọdẹbóyèdé
2. (historical) title of the traditional ruler of the Àkúrẹ́ kingdom, replaced with title Déjì.

• Smith, Robert S. (1988) Kingdoms of the Yoruba‎^[1], Nigeria: University of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN