àdán
noun
/à.dã́/
Definitions
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bat, usually (in particular) the straw-colored fruit bat
onílé etídò níí gbọ́ ìrànrán àdán The owner of the riverside house is the one who hears the restlessness of the batRelated wordsòòbẹ̀òòṣẹ̀alásẹ̀ẹ́Possibly related wordsòòdẹ̀noun Wiktionary points at “òòdẹ̀”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “odídẹrẹ́”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “òòdẹ̀” may be a word nobody has written up yet. odídẹrẹ́ parrot; (in particular) African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) ọdị́dẹrẹ́ parrot; (in particular) grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) ọ̀dị̀dẹ̀noun Wiktionary points at “ọ̀dị̀dẹ̀”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “odídẹrẹ́”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “ọ̀dị̀dẹ̀” may be a word nobody has written up yet. odídẹrẹ́ parrot; (in particular) African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) ọdị́dẹrẹ́ parrot; (in particular) grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) òṣìṣẹ̀noun Wiktionary points at “òṣìṣẹ̀”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “òṣìṣẹ́”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “òṣìṣẹ̀” may be a word nobody has written up yet. òṣìṣẹ́ worker; employee
Etymology
Cognate with Itsekiri adán, Nupe èdán, Olukumi adan, Ayere àdã, Ifè àdán, Arigidi ada, possibly cognate with Igala ìdọ́, Urhobo adján, Idoma ùdọ́.
Derived from
Possibly derived from
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dánverb
“dán” lists “adán” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring tone marks. It may be a misspelling, or “adán” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
dán
to shine, to be smooth
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “adan”.
Reference:
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