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

1. 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

1. the act of abandonement
2. someone who is being abandoned

Derived terms

• aládàánidá