ይሉኝታ

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Amharic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ይሉኝ yiluññ "what they tell me" + -ta (nominal suffix)

Noun[edit]

ይሉኝታ (yiluññita?

  1. The inability to say "no"; caring about what others may think; consideration of others; swallowing one’s pride and doing what seems wrong in order not to offend; concern for public opinion; peer pressure.

See also[edit]

  • አለኝታ (ʾäläñta, moral support, literally what he told me)

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