adanida
Yoruba
editEtymology 1
editFrom a- (“agent prefix”) + dánidá (“to abandon someone”), ultimately from dá (“agent prefix”) + ẹni (“to act alone”) + dá (“to make, to create”), literally “to abandon someone to act alone on something”.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editadánidá
Etymology 2
editFrom à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + dánidá (“to abandon someone”), ultimately from ultimately from dá (“agent prefix”) + ẹni (“to act alone”) + dá (“to make, to create”), literally “to abandon someone to act alone on something”.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editàdánidá
- the act of abandonement
- someone who is being abandoned