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Temi
Temi A name meaning "mine" or "belongs to me" carries an intimate, claiming quality — the bearer is someone's precious own. In fiction characters named Temi are often at the centre of intense relational dramas, fought over or claimed by competing loves and loyalties, their identity defined by the question of to whom — or to what — they ultimately belong.
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“See entry 77. Mine, belongs to me — the Yoruba name of intimate claiming, the character at the centre of intense relational dramas.”
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