idaji
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Yoruba
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Cardinal: èjì Counting: eéjì Adjectival: méjì Ordinal: kejì Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀mejì Distributive: méjì méjì Collective: méjèèjì Fractional: ìdajì |
Etymology 1
[edit]Contraction of ìdá méjì (“two fractions, two units”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ìdajì
Synonyms
[edit]Etymology 2
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From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + dá (“to be alone in doing something”) + jí (“to wake up”), literally “The act of waking up alone (because most people are sleeping at this time)”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ìdájí
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- fẹ̀ẹ̀rẹ̀ (“of being very early in the morning”)
- òwúrọ̀ (“morning”)
- àfẹ̀mọ́júmọ́ (“predawn”)