eedi

Fula edit

Noun edit

eedi ki (plural eede)

(Maasina) Marulla (Sclerocarya birrea)

References edit

D. Osborn, D. Dwyer, et J. Donohoe, Lexique Fulfulde (Maasina)-Anglais-Français: Une compilation basée sur racines et tirée de sources existantes, suivie de listes en anglais-fulfulde et français-fulfulde, East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1993.

Yoruba edit

Etymology 1 edit

Contraction of èdìdì, from è- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ dìdì (“partial reduplication of dì, to cause someone to behave irrationally, contrary to reason.”)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /èè.dì/

Noun edit

èèdì

spell, curse
Synonyms: ègún, èpè, èré

Etymology 2 edit

From English AIDS.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /éè.dì/

Noun edit

éèdì

(proscribed) AIDS
Synonyms: àìsàn kògbóògùn, ìsọdọ̀lẹ àjẹsára

Usage notes edit

Proscribed in order to reduce stigma attached to carriers, as it is close in pronunciation to èèdì (“curse”), an alternative term 'ìsọdọ̀lẹ àjẹsára' was coined in 2017. ^[1]

References edit

^ Yusuff, Ayo (2018) “English Loans in Yorùbá language: Linguistic Empowerment or Disenfranchisement?”, in University of Lagos‎^[1]

[1] Yusuff, Ayo (2018) “English Loans in Yorùbá language: Linguistic Empowerment or Disenfranchisement?”, in University of Lagos‎^[1]

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