Idàáṣà
name
/ī.dàá.ʃà/
Ìdàáṣà (canonical), Ìdàáchà (alternative)
Definitions
- Idaasha people, a subgroup of the Yoruba people in the country of Benin
- A dialect of the Yoruba language spoken by the Idàáṣà people, some sources identify it as a language separate from the Yoruba dialectal continuum.
Etymology
From Ede Idaca Idaacha (“Ìdàáchà”). A local folk etymology suggests it comes from ìda (“princess”) + Ìṣà (“the town of Ìṣà, the Ìṣà people”), literally “Princess from Ìṣà”
Component words
ìdaprincessÌṣàthe town of Ìṣà, the Ìṣà people
Used in
Igbó Idàáṣà
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
Dassa-ZouméFrenchDassa-ZouméFonDassaEnglish
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Idaaṣa”.
Reference:
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