idaji

Yoruba

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Cardinal: èjì     Counting: eéjì     Adjectival: méjì     Ordinal: kejì     Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀mejì     Distributive: méjì méjì     Collective: méjèèjì     Fractional: ìdajì

Etymology 1

Contraction of ìdá méjì (“two fractions, two units”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ìdād͡ʒì/

Nomen

ìdajì

1. one half

Synonyms

• ìdáméjì
• ìlàjì

Etymology 2

ìdájí

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ dá (“to be alone in doing something”) +‎ jí (“to wake up”), literally “The act of waking up alone (because most people are sleeping at this time)”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.dá.d͡ʒí/

Nomen

ìdájí

1. (idiomatic) dawn, early in the morning, daybreak

Derived terms

• nídàájí

Related terms

• fẹ̀ẹ̀rẹ̀ (“of being very early in the morning”)
• òwúrọ̀ (“morning”)
• àfẹ̀mọ́júmọ́ (“predawn”)