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Fula
Noun
eedi ki (plural eede)
- (Maasina) Marulla (Sclerocarya birrea)
References
- D. Osborn, D. Dwyer, et J. Donohoe, Lexique Fulfulde (Maasina)-Anglais-Français: Une compilation basée sur racines et tirée de sources existantes, suivie de listes en anglais-fulfulde et français-fulfulde, East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1993.
Yoruba
Etymology 1
Contraction of èdìdì, from è- (“nominalizing prefix”) + dìdì (“partial reduplication of dì, to cause someone to behave irrationally, contrary to reason.”)
Pronunciation
Noun
èèdì
- spell, curse
- Synonyms: ègún, èpè, èré
Etymology 2
From English AIDS.
Pronunciation
Noun
éèdì
- (proscribed) AIDS
- Synonyms: àìsàn kògbóògùn, ìsọdọ̀lẹ àjẹsára
Usage notes
- Proscribed in order to reduce stigma attached to carriers, as it is close in pronunciation to èèdì (“curse”), an alternative term 'ìsọdọ̀lẹ àjẹsára' was coined in 2017. [1]
References
- ^ Yusuff, Ayo (2018) “English Loans in Yorùbá language: Linguistic Empowerment or Disenfranchisement?”, in University of Lagos