ìtàn
noun
/ì.tã̀/
Definitions
- history, story
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family history, genealogy, lineage
Similar wordsìtàn ìdílé
Etymology
Possible cognates include Nupe ètàn, Fon itàn, Igala ìtà, and Edo ìtàn
Used in
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.
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Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “itan”.
Reference:
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