Idaaṣa

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• Ìdàáchà

Etymology

From Ede Idaca Idaacha (“Ìdàáchà”). A local folk etymology suggests it comes from ìda (“princess”) +‎ Ìṣà (“the town of Ìṣà, the Ìṣà people”), literally “Princess from Ìṣà”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.dàá.ʃà/

Proper noun

Idàáṣà or Ìdàáṣà

1. Idaasha people, a subgroup of the Yoruba people in the country of Benin
2. A dialect of the Yoruba language spoken by the Idàáṣà people, some sources identify it as a language separate from the Yoruba dialectal continuum.

Derived terms

• Igbó Idàáṣà (“capital city and traditional homeland of the Idàáṣà people and the historical Idàáṣà kingdom”)

 

Descendants

• French: Dassa-Zoumé
• Fon: Dassa-Zoumé
• English: Dassa