adanida
Yoruba
Etymology 1
From 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
- IPA(key): /ā.dá.nĩ̄.dá/
Noun
adánidá
- someone who abandons a person; someone who leaves a person to their fate
Etymology 2
From 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
- IPA(key): /à.dá.nĩ̄.dá/
Noun
àdánidá
- the act of abandonement
- someone who is being abandoned
Derived terms
- aládàánidá