idà
noun
/ī.dà/
Definitions
- sword
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “idà”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
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Possibly derived from
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dàverb
“dà” lists “ìdà” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring tone marks. It may be a misspelling, or “ìdà” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
dà
to vomit, to throw up
dà
to throw down an object as in a ritual
dà
to direct, guide, or lead a flock
dà
to digest
dà
to be acceptable (especially pertaining to a religious sacrifice), to be acceptable to the orisha
dà
to change and become something else, to turn into
dà
to betray
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The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
wicked (person); evil (person)
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “ida”.
Reference:
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