àdánidá
noun
/à.dá.nĩ̄.dá/
Definitions
- the act of abandonement
- someone who is being abandoned
Etymology
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”.
Component words
Wiktionary records 2 different ways of breaking this word down. Each line is one of them, not a further part.
à-nominalizing prefixdánidáto abandon someone
dáagent prefix
11 entries are spelled “dá”. The etymology calls it “agent prefix”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
dá
to place or go across
dá
to create, to make, to initiate, to establish
dá
to cease, to stop
dá
to become healthy, to be devoid of illness (in reference to the body)
dá
to make a contribution to
dá
to engage in divination, to divine
dá
to act alone
dá
to overcome, to overpower, to throw down
dá
to hit
dá
to become sharp, vocal, or fully awake
dá
to snap, to break, to cut (into two)
ẹnito act alone
2 entries are spelled “ẹni”. The etymology calls it “to act alone”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
ẹni
person, one
ẹni
our (first-person plural possessive pronoun)
dáto make, to create
Used in
aládàánidá
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 2,
where this word is spelled “adanida”.
Reference:
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