idẹ
noun
/ī.dɛ̄/
spelling unconfirmed
ụdẹ (alternative), udẹ (alternative)
Definitions
- brass
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handcuffs
Similar wordsṣẹkẹ́ṣẹkẹ̀nounpáńpẹ́
Etymology
Cognate with Igala údẹ (“brass”)
Used in
Possibly derived from
Each of these pages lists a word as built from it, spelled a little differently from this one — a different tone mark, or an underdot this word doesn't have.
Tone and underdots are what tell two Yorùbá words apart, so we can't say whether the other page meant this word and mistyped it, or meant a word that has no page here yet.
Writing that word up on Wiktionary settles it. How to help.
dẹ̀verb
“dẹ̀” lists “ìdẹ̀” 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 “ìdẹ̀” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
dẹ̀
to be soft or tender in texture
dẹverb
“dẹ” lists “ìdẹ” 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 “ìdẹ” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
dẹ
to hunt; to set a trap
Listed as a similar word by
These words list this one in their own definitions. This word does not list them back, so Wiktionary records the link in one direction only.
The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
chains; shackles; handcuffs
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “idẹ”.
Reference:
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