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Yoruba
Etymology
From gbà (“to take”) + ẹ̀wù (“clothes”) + dání (“to hold”), literally “to hold onto clothes”, referring to a man instructed to hold on to clothes by his wife, showing submissiveness in what is traditionally a patriarchal setting.
Noun
gbẹ̀wùdání
- (sometimes derogatory, offensive) a submissive man (especially in a marriage)