dinku

Yoruba

Alternative forms

  • dín kù

Etymology

From dín (“to subtract”) +‎ kù (“to remain”), literally “To remove an amount from something but quantity still remains”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dĩ́.kù/

Verb

dínkù

  1. (transitive) to reduce the quantity or scale of something, to decrease
  2. (intransitive) to become decreased or reduced
  3. (transitive) to abate

Derived terms

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