Yoruba

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Etymology

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ì- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ da (to organize) +‎ ìje (race)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ìdíje

  1. tournament, contest, competition
    Synonym: ìfigagbága

References

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  1. ^ Adeniyi, Kolawole (2020 November 24) “Lexicalisation of tonal downstep in Yoruba”, in Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue Canadienne De Linguistique, 65